Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Arif Ali Naqui

Sushil Kumar

Suman Preet Singh Khanuja

Ajit Kumar Shasany

Mahendra Pandurang Darokar

Tiruppadiripuliyur Ranganathan Santha Kumar

Dharmendra Saikia

Sunita Dhawan

The invention provides a rapid in vitro method for selection of menthol rich mint genotypes from a large population of independent clones, said method comprising the steps of (i) raising a heterogeneous population of clones in vitro or by vegetative methods, (ii) transferring the plantlets/shoots to a basal medium, containing cytotoxic compounds in an amount sufficient to cause toxic effect in more than 95% of the clones, (iii) selecting surviving clones, their hardening in the glasshouse, transfer to field, reconfirmation of menthol tolerance through repeated in vitro assays, and (iv) multiplying selected clones and confirming genetic uniformity through RAPD analysis.

Process for in vitro selection of high methol producing genotypes

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Lucknow, India

Arif Ali Naqui