Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Sweta Pandey

Anil Kumar Singh

Suman Preet Singh Khanuja

Ajit Kumar Shasany

Mahendra Pandurang Darokar

Janak Raj Bahl

Sunita Dhawan

Raj Kishori Lal

Ravi Prakash Bansal

Om Parkash Dhawan

Ali Arif Naqvi

Alok Krishna

Virendra Kumar Singh Tomar

Usha Yadav

Soni Gupta

Alok Kaira

The present invention was related to the development of a novel, distinct high yielding plant with rapid regeneration ability obtained through screening of the somaclones in a methodical way for fast regeneration in the tissue culture stage itself which was achieved by inventing the plant 'Kushal'. The plant yield higher herbage with corresponding high essential oil when evaluated with available superior varieties of mint in late planting condition during April when the fields are vacated after the harvest of Rabi crop like wheat, chickpea, coriander etc. Further the suckers required for commercial vegetative planting can be produced even in low land condition as the plant is reasonably tolerant to water logging compared to the best check 'Kosi'.

Mint plant 'Kushal' for late transplanting

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Lucknow, India

Sweta Pandey