High artemisinin yielding artemisia plant named ‘CIM-arogya’

US7375260B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH · IN

Inventors

• Suman Preet Singh Khanuja · Lucknow, IN
• Shilpi Paul · Lucknow, IN
• Ajit Kumar Shasany · Sidhauli, IN
• Anil Gupta · Chelmsford, US
• Mahendra Pandurang Darokar · Lucknow, IN
• Madan Mohan Gupta · Sidhauli, IN
• Ram Kishor Verma · Lucknow, IN
• Govind Ram · Sidhauli, IN
• Anuraddha Kumar · Sidhauli, IN
• Raj Kishori Lal · Sidhauli, IN
• Ravi Bansal · Lucknow, IN
• Anil Kumar Singh · Lucknow, IN
• Rajendra Singh Bhakuni · Lucknow, IN
• Sudeep Tandon · Lucknow, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 18, 2006
• Grant date: May 20, 2008
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01H5/02
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention is related to the development of a novel, distinct high herb and artemisinin yielding genotype of Artemisia annua obtained through systematic marker assisted breeding followed by selection of uniform population in a methodical way wherein the genotype is distinct, uniform and stably maintainable by continuous rouging of off types in the population using DNA marker at early seedling stage from nursery itself and suitable for commercial cultivation.