Mint plant Mentha spicata L. var.viridis christened as ‘Ganga’

USPP16747P3 · kind P3 · plant

Assignees

• COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH · IN
• Department of Biotechnology · IN

Inventors

• Suman Preet Singh Khanuja · Lucknow, IN
• Sushil Kumar · Lucknow, IN
• Ajit Kumar Shasany · Sidhauli, IN
• Sunita Dhawan · Lucknow, IN
• Mahendra Pandurang Darokar · Lucknow, IN
• Arun Kumar Tripathy · New Delhi, IN
• Sarita Satapathy · Lucknow, IN
• Tiruppadiripuliyur Ranganathan Santha Kumar · Lucknow, IN
• Vivek Gupta · San Jose, US
• Arvind K. Tripathi · New Delhi, IN
• Soumya Awasthi · New Delhi, IN
• Veena Prajapati · Lucknow, IN
• Ali Arif Naqvi · Lucknow, IN
• Krishna K. Agrawal · New Delhi, IN
• Janak Raj Bahl · Lucknow, IN
• Anil Kumar Singh · Lucknow, IN
• Ateeque Ahmed · Lucknow, IN
• Ravi Bansal · Lucknow, IN
• Alok Krishna · New Delhi, IN
• Dharmendra Saikia · Lucknow, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 2004
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2006
• Expiry date: May 7, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

The present invention relates to the development of a novel multiutility vigorously growing robust mint plant ‘Ganga’ of Mentha spicata L. var. viridis producing essential oil exhibiting anti-insect and anti-microbial activities and useful for agrochemical and pharmaceutical purposes.