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I. Course Title
: Production of Quality Planting Material of Medicinal
and Aromatic Plants
II. Course Code
: FPU 611
III. Credit Hours
: 2+1
IV. Aim of the course
To develop understanding of students about production of quality planting material.
V. Theory
UNIT I
Concept of quality in the context of medicinal and aromatic plants. Quality
parameters of different medicinal and aromatic plants.
UNIT II
Role of genotype and environment in affecting quality. Selection and development
of hybrids in medicinal and aromatic plants.
UNIT III
Breeders seed, foundation seed and certified seed. Marker assisted breeding.
Authentication of nursery produce for quality parameters. Different approaches
including biotechnological tools for production of quality planting material.
VI. Practical
• Production of inbred seed of commercially important species;
• Selection of superior genotypes on the basis of agronomical characters from an
existing population of medicinal and aromatic plants;
• Evaluation of germplasm for yield attributes.
VII. Suggested Reading
Alikhan I and Khanum A. 2008. 
Role of Biotechnology in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
. UKAZ
Publishers.
Chadha KL and Gupta R. 2006. 
Advances in Horticulture
. Vol. XI. Medicinal and aromatic
plants. Malhotra Publ. House.
Gupta AK and Sharma M. 2008. 
Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants
. ICMR.
Gupta AK, Tandon N and Sharma M. 2008. 
Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants.
Johnson CB and Franz C. 2005. 
Breeding Research on Aromatic And Medicinal Plants.
International Book Distr.
Sharma R. 2004. 
Agrotechniques of Medicinal Plants.
Daya Publications.
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