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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2001
Sushil Kumar, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Ritika Gupta, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Kakaraparthi Pandu Sastry, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Suchitra Banerjee, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Gopal Rao Mallavarapu, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Srinivas Iyer Ramesh, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Ajit Kumar Shasany, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Mahendra Pandurang Darokar, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Suman Preet Singh Khanuja, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi, IN;
Abstract
The invention relates to a new, distinct and unique plant of rose scented geranium 'Safal' derived from a rare seed-set in cultivar 'Bipuli,' apparently the result of hybridization between largely sterile populations of the cultivar accessions ‘Bipuli’ and ‘Hemanti’, possessing the following combination of characteristics namely demonstrated vigour in the essential oil yield related traits in great measure and out yielded all the other accessions; the essential oil of the plant has 89% rhodinol content in which citronellol to geraniol ratio is approximately 1:1 and the contents of isomenthone, menthone, 10-epi-&ggr;-eudesmol, 6,9-guaiadiene, decanoic acid and isodecanoic acid were relatively lower than in the oils of accessions ‘Bipuli’ and/or ‘Hemanti’, this plant can be propagated vegetatively through stem cuttings and suitable for commercial cultivation in large scale.