Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Harmesh Singh Chauhan

Alok Kalra

Sushil Kumar

Ajit Kumar Shasany

Janak Raj Bahl

Hemendra Pratap Singh

Ravi Prakash Bansal

Om Parkash Dhawan

Alok Krishna

Virendra Kumar Singh Tomar

Rakesh Pandey

Neetu Katiyar

Umesh Chandra Lavania

Arun Prasad

Ramesh Srivastava

Ashok Kumar Singh

Chandan Singh Chanotiya

The present invention relates to the development of a novel, morphologically and genetically distinct khusinol rich essential oil producing clone of vetiver [(L.) Nash. syn.(L.) Roberty; family Poacaeae} named 'CIMAP-Khusinolika'. The plant of this clone is characterized by spreading type clump canopy in the initial stage, white feathery stigma and capable of producing &#x3e;1% (v/w) essential oil containing 45-50% Khusinol (v/v) obtained after hydro-distillation from fresh roots harvested from 6 month old plantations. This clone has unique ISSR profiles that serve as DNA-fingerprints. The clone was obtained through recurrent selection in polycrossed population generated from the bulk of wild collection, and can be propagated through vegetative slips (3 to 6 month old stem with few roots) for commercial plantation as a short duration crop.

Vetiver plant named 'CIMAP-KHUSINOLIKA'

The present invention relates preparation of superior quality vermicompost from the distillation wastes of aromatic crops said method comprises drying of distillation waste for 24 to 72 hours, obtained after the distillation of herbage for 2-3 h. at 20-25lbs of steam pressure, chopping the waste into small pieces, transferring this material into compost pits containing about 7-10 cm layer of partially rotten cowdung and 400-450 earthworms ( )/m , daily watering of the pits to keep the plant material moist and covering them with gunny bags to check the loss of humidity, reloading the pits (20-30 cm layer) with the chopped distilled waste after 30-35 days, restricting watering after complete degradation of the added material, harvesting of the dried material and shade drying the same for 4-5 days, and sieving the harvested compost to remove earthworms.

Method for the faster multiplication of earthworms, and production of vermicompost from the distillation waste of industrial aromatic crops

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Harmesh Singh Chauhan