Volume: 36 Issue: 2
Registration of high yielding variety ‘CIMAP Chetak’ suitable for medium irrigated areas of Nagori ashwagandha (Withania somnifera L. Dunal)
Year: 2014, Page: 59-61, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v36i2.Lal
Received: March 31, 2014 Accepted: April 17, 2014 Published: July 1, 2014
A new variety of Nagori ashwagandha (Withania somnifera L Dunal) named herafter as CIMAP chetak was bred for high dry root yield (11.77 ql/ha v/s check 5.45 ql/ha) with high total Withanolide content (0.40 v/s 0.20% in check). The fresh and dry leaf yield are also high (1.722 and 0.453 ql/ha v/s 0.872 and 0.147 ql/ha in check) with high withaferine content 1.223v/s 0.788 % in the traditional cultivated check. The variety CIMAP Chetak of Ashwgandha has been developed through half sib family selection breeding methods. This variety will find direct utility in pharmacological/medical industries.
Keywords: Accessions, Ashwgandha, Nagori, Withanolide content, Witheferin
© Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow (India)
Lal RK, Chandra R, Sarkar Sougata, Singh Smita, Shasany AK, Gupta AK, Dhawan OP, Kumar B, Singh VR, Gupta MM, Zaim M, Panday R, Yadav Renu. 2014. Registration of high yielding variety ‘CIMAP Chetak’ suitable for medium irrigated areas of Nagori ashwagandha (Withania somnifera L. Dunal). J Med Aromat Plant Sci 36: 59-61.
