23Nov 2016

STUDIES ON MORPHOLOGICAL, ANATOMICAL AND EPIDERMAL LAYERS IN WILD SPECIES OF CYMBOPOGON MARTINII (ROXB.) FROM SOUTH INDIA.

  • Professor, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru – 560056.
  • Research scholar, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru – 560056.
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Botany, Bangalore University, Bengaluru-560056.
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Cymbopogon martinii (Roxb.) is wildly growing aromatic species belonging to ‘Rusae’ series under Poaceae. The naturally growing C. martinii were collected from varied ecological locations of South India like Ootacamund (T.N.), Shivery hills (Salem, T.N.), Hyderabad (A.P.), Bababudangiri hills (Karnataka), Chamundi Hills, Mysore (Karnataka), Yelwal Reserve Forest (Karnataka), Pykara hills (T.N.), Himavadgopala swamy Hills (Karnataka), Kemmanagundi (Karnataka), Kates point, Mahabaleswar (Maharashtra) and Odakkali (Kerala) . The collections were designated as ecological ‘Types’ (Type 1 to 11) and were maintained as Germplasm in the Department of Biotechnology, Bangalore University, Bangalore under uniform conditions for morphological and anatomical studies. During the present investigation gross morphological features of the plant, anatomical and epidermal layer of the leaf were characterized from the collected specimens and the details were recorded. The study showed that Type 5 of C. martinii belonged to ‘sofia’ variety and rest of the Types belonged to ‘motia’ variety.


[K. J. Thara Saraswathi, Hemalatha J, Vijayalakshmi K, Gourab Ray and Shivakameshwari. M. N. (2016); STUDIES ON MORPHOLOGICAL, ANATOMICAL AND EPIDERMAL LAYERS IN WILD SPECIES OF CYMBOPOGON MARTINII (ROXB.) FROM SOUTH INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Nov). 334-347] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


K. J. Thara Saraswathi


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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2088      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2088