Distinct type cultivar of Ocimum basilicum“CIM-SAUMYA”

US7435877B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH · IN

Inventors

• Suman Preet Singh Khanuja · Lucknow, IN
• Raj Kishori Lal · Sidhauli, IN
• Arun Agnihotri · Sidhauli, IN
• Ajit Kumar Shasany · Sidhauli, IN
• Ali Arif Naqvi · Lucknow, IN
• Samresh Dwivedi · Sidhauli, IN
• Hari Om Misra · Lucknow, IN
• Om Prakesh Dhawan · Sidhauli, IN
• Alok Kalra · Lucknow, IN
• Aparbal Singh · Lucknow, IN
• Janak Raj Bahl · Lucknow, IN
• Saudan Singh · Sidhauli, IN
• Dharani Dhar Patra · Lucknow, IN
• Shilpi Agarwal · Sidhauli, IN
• Mahendra Pandurang Darokar · Lucknow, IN
• Anil Gupta · Chelmsford, US
• Moti Lal Gupta · Lucknow, IN
• Ram Chandra · Sidhauli, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 2004
• Grant date: Oct 14, 2008
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01H5/12
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Indian basil, Ocimum basilicum, belongs to the family of Lamiaceae. The essential oil of Indian basil extracted via hydro or steam distillation from the leaves or whole plants is used to flavor foods, dental and oral products, in fragrances, and in traditional rituals and medicines. Extracted essential oil has also been shown to contain biologically active constituents that are insecticidal, nematicidal, fungistatic or which have antimicrobial properties. The present invention relates to the development of an early, short duration, dwarf, high essential oil, methy chavicol and linalool yielding variety of Indian basil (Ocimum basilicum). Family—Lamiaceae) named as ‘CIM-SAUMYA’. This new variety of Indian basil was developed through open pollination in the germplasm followed by half-sib progeny selection and evaluation for the yield characters of selected population for 3 years in field conditions. The new cultivar possesses better growth and vegetative growth and is able to produce higher herbage, oil and better combination of methyl chavicol and linalool yield per unit area as compared to other control genotypes.