Mint plant named ‘Cim Indus’

USPP16474P3 · kind P3 · plant

Assignee

• COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH · IN

Inventors

• Suman Preet Singh Khanuja · Lucknow, IN
• Nirmal Kumar Patra · Lucknow, IN
• Ajit Kumar Shasany · Sidhauli, IN
• Birendra Kumar · Lucknow, IN
• Soni Gupta · Lucknow, IN
• Rakesh Kumar Upadhyay · Lucknow, IN
• Togarrati Padma Priya · Lucknow, IN
• Anil Kumar Singh · Lucknow, IN
• Mahendra Pandurang Darokar · Lucknow, IN
• Virendra Kumar Singh Tomar · Lucknow, IN
• Janak Raj Bahal · Lucknow, IN
• Raj Kishori Lal · Sidhauli, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2003
• Grant date: Apr 25, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct mint plant of Mentha piperita ‘Cim Indus’, selected through screening, field trial and analysis of monoterpene constituents of the essential oil of the germplasm, possessing the characters of producing high amount of menthofuran ranging between 22 to 30% of total oil content, high amount pulegone ranging between 9.0 to 18% of total oil content, with essential oil content ranging between 0.32 to 0.40% of the total oil content.