Patent ID: 7375260

Claim:
A new and distinct genotype of Artemisia annua ‘CIM-Arogya’, developed through marker assisted breeding, possessing the following combination of characters: Genus Artemisia Species annua Family Asteraecae Common name Qinghao Plant height 280-305 cm Plant canopy Oval Growth habit Erect Branching sympodial branching pattern Stem: ingle, round hard woody green (137D) Stem width 5-12 cm (app) Number of Branches:— primary branches:—55-65— Secondary branches per primary branch:—50-60— Tertiary branches per secondary branch:—37-45 Range of length of Internodes Main stem—4-6 cm at bottom; 10-12 cm at middle, 2-5 cm at the top Primary branch 2-5 cm at bottom, 8-11 cm at middle, 2-4 cm at the top Secondary branch 8-11 cm at the bottom, 5-7 cm at the middle, 1-3 cm at the top Tertiary branch 3-5 cm at the bottom, 1-3 cm at the middle, 0.5-1.5 cm at the top Leaf—Green (137 B) Texture—Thin and flexible Surface—Smooth non pubescent Shape—Pinnately compound leaf Margin—Pinnetisected Tip—Acute Petiol length—2.5-3.50 cm Lamina length—5-7 cm Lamina width—4-5 cm Inflorescence—Capitulum (head) Flower—Arranged in whorls. Colour yellow group (7A) Two types of flowers Disc florets and Ray florets. Disc florets are bisexual and ray florets are unisexual (female) Colour Greenish yellow 2-3 mm in diameter Receptacles Glabrous Calyx Bracteates Corolla Sympelatous, tubular top split in to 5 lobes in Disc florets and 2-3 lobes in Ray florets (legulate) Androecium 5 stamens, Anther lobes are fused and filaments are free Colour Yellowish Gynoecium Unilocular, inferior bifid stigma. Colour yellowish Time of flowering—198 days. Seed setting 240 days (app) Artemisinin content 0.9 to 1.1% Artemesinic acid 0.002-0.004% Oil content 0.35-0.45% alternate deeply dissected aromatic leaves ranging between 2.5 to 5.0 cm in length. tiny yellow nodding flowers (capitula) capitula in loose panicle containing numerous central bisexual florets and marginal pistillate florets receptacle is glabrous florets and receptacle bear abundant 10-celled biseriate trichomes globular canopy dry leaf yield of about 50 Q per hectare flowers (7A) arranged in a head or Capitulum.