Chirharit — plant patent PP13336

Chirharit

High yielding and stable plant of Cymbopogon flexuosus called ‘Chirharit’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 29, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13336, the photograph of Chirharit printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13336, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number

PP13336

Filed

March 29, 2000

Granted

December 10, 2002

Expires

March 29, 2020

Assignee

COUNCIL SCIENT IND RES

Inventor

PATRA NIRMAL KUMAR; KUMAR SUSHIL; KHANUJA SUMAN PREET SINGH; SHASNEY AJIT KUMAR; KALRA ALOK; SINGH HERIKESH BAHADUR; SINGH HEMENDRA PRATAP; SINGH VED RAM; TANVEER HASAN; MENGI NARESHWAR; RAJPUT DHARMENDRA KUMAR; NEGI MAHENDRA SINGH; TYAGI NEERAJ KUMAR; RAM PALTOO; SINGH VIJAY PAL; SHUKLA RAM SAJEEVAN; KUMAR BIRENDRA; SINGH JITENDRA PRATAP; RAM RAJA; KUMAR VIJAY; SHARMA SHIV RAM

Abstract

The present invention is related to the development of a new and chromosomally distinct vegetatively propagated frost resisted plant of Cymbopogon flexuosus by genetic selection in open pollinated seed progeny of high yielding variety "Cauvery'. The selected plant with stay-green habit withstands prolonged frosting in chilling winter and capable of giving an additional harvest during winter, which is not observed so far in normal varieties.

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We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Cymbopogon flexuosus, named ‘Chirharit’, as herein shown and described, having the following combination of plant traits: (a) Said plant is a tetraploid variant (chromosomal mutant) of the normal diploid lemongrass variety ‘Cauvery’ and having distinct morphology, (b) Being highly resistant to frost and adapted to both favorable as well as unfavorable environments of regular frosting situations, (c) Producing high biomass, (d) Having high yield of essential oil, (e) Capable of growing in all seasons and producing the same yield, (f) Producing essential oil with high citral pungency conforming to the standard citral concentration much useful in pharmaceutical and perfumery industries, and (g) Producing essential oil containing about 80% or more of citral.

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