‘Dhawal’, a high alkaloid producing periwinkle plant

US6548746B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH · IN

Inventors

• Raghavendra Narayan Rao Kulkarni · Lucknow, IN
• Kuppusamy Baskaran · Lucknow, IN
• Ravoor Shankara Rao Chandrashekara · Lucknow, IN
• Suman Preet Singh Khanuja · Lucknow, IN
• Mahendra Darokar · Lucknow, IN
• Ajit Kumar Shasany · Sidhauli, IN
• Girish Chandra Uniyal · Lucknow, IN
• Madan Mohan Gupta · Sidhauli, IN
• Sushil Kumar · Lucknow, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 21, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01H6/084
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to the development of a new and distinct mutant ‘Dhawal’ of periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, produced by chemical mutagen treatment of the seeds followed by rigorous selection in a widely cultivated variety ‘Nirmal’ of Catharanthus roseus, said plant being stable, homozygous and produces conspicuously higher herbage and alkaloid yield.