Volume: 39 Issue: 3
Registration of variety: CIM-Snigddha: A methyl cinnamate rich and high essential oil yielding variety of French basil (Ocimum basilicum)
Year: 2017, Page: 125-129, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v39i3.Lal
Received: July 7, 2017 Accepted: Oct. 25, 2017 Published: Dec. 31, 2017
Basil belongs to the family "Lamiaceae" The essential oil of basil is extensively used in flavour, fragrance, food, oral health and traditional medicines. Methyl cinnamate- one of the important constituent of essential oil of Ocimum basilicum is widely used in aroma, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. A newstrain of O. basilicum (OBH-3 now christened as CIM-Snigdha) has been developed by CSIR-CIMAP through intensive breeding efforts for improved herb and essential oil yield coupled with high methyl cinnamate content (78. 7%). The variety has consistently recorded a higher biomass and oil yield with high methyl cinnamate content in the field evaluation trials. The potential average herb and oil yield of this new variety is 221 q/ha and 190 kg/ha, respectively. The variety matures within a short duration of 80-90 days and hence fits very well into crop rotation/ intercropping cycle between wheat and paddy along with other vegetable crops. The distinct leaf morphology and high tolerance to cold conditions are the two important economic features of this variety that also satisfy DUS criteria.
Keywords: Antimicrobial, DUS criteria, Essential oil, French basil, Lamiaceae, Methyl cinnamate
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© Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow (India)
RK Lal, CS Chanotiya, AK Gupta, VR Singh, AK Shasany, Smita Singh, Sougata Sarkar, Ranjana Maurya, OP Dhawan, A Kalra, HP Singh, SS Dhawan, Pankhuri Gupta, B Kumar, VKS Tomar, Sanjay Kumar, S Tandon, Saudan Singh, Priti Srivastava, M Zaim, Anju Yadav. 2017. Registration of variety: CIM-Snigddha: A methyl cinnamate rich and high essential oil yielding variety of French basil (Ocimum basilicum). J Med Aromat Plant Sci 39: 125-129.
