Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Station, Anand

Achievements

Sr. No.

Crop name

Name of

variety and year of release

Yield potential and

Characters

Variety photograph

1

Isabgol

(Plantago ovata Forsk.)

Gujarat Isabgol-2 (1981)

1000 kg/ha seed yield

More numbers of tillers and dentition

2

Asalio (Cress)

(Lepidium sativum)

Gujarat Asalio-1 (1998)

1500   kg/ha seed yield

Dwarf and tolerant to lodging

3

Kalmegh

(Andrographis paniculata)

Anand Kalmegh-1 (2007)

4000  kg/ha green biomass yield

Tall, erect and compact canopy

4

Safed musli

(Chlorophytum borivilianum)

Anand Safed Musali-1 (2007)

5000  kg/ha fasciculated root yield

Root colour is whitish, fasciculated root tip, blunt end, higher fasciculated roots yield

5

Senna

(Senna alexandrina)

Gujarat Anand Senna-1

(2011)

2000 kg/ha dry leaf yield

Late flowering type, tall,

high yielding variety

6

Basil

(Ocimum basilicum)

Gujarat Anand Basil- 1

(2014)

579.29 q/ha green leaf yield,

158 kg/ha oil yield

Bushy and compact inflorescence, long petiole, dark green foliage

7

Ashwagandha

(Withania somnifera)

Gujarat Anand Ashwagandha-1

(2015)

650 kg/ha dry root yield

Branches possess erect, tall, profusely stellate tomentose, dark green foliage and  root cortex is thick

8

Kuvarpathu

(Aloe barbadensis miller.)

Gujarat Anand Kuvarpathu-1

(2017)

95-135 t/ha (18 months) Fresh leaf yield,

62.79 t/ha Mucilage yield,

23.29 kg/ha Aloin-A yield

The leaf possesses a small and spinous tooth having dark spots. The variety has green leaf color. It has a long thick and broadleaf.


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