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Block 3:
Breeding achievements and future thrusts
Unit 1:
Breeding achievements: Breeding achievements in terms of released
varieties, parentage, salient features.
Unit 2:
Future thrusts: Molecular breeding and biotechnological approaches,
marker-assisted selection, bioinformatics, breeding for climate
resilience.
Crops
A. Medicinal crops
:
 Cassia angustifolia
, 
Catharanthus roseus
, 
Gloriosa superba,
Coleus forskohlii
, 
Stevia rebaudiana
, 
Withania somnifera
, 
Papaver somniferum
,
Plantago ovata
, 
Chlorophytum 
sp., 
Rauvolfia serpentina
, 
Aloe vera, Piper longum,
Plumbago zeylanica
B. Aromatic crops
: Mint, geranium, patchouli, lemon grass, palmarosa, citronella,
vetiver, Artemisia, ocimum, lavender, 
Kaempferia galanga, 
eucalyptus
VII. Practical
• Description of botanical features;
• Cataloguing of cultivars, varieties and species in medicinal and aromatic crops;
• Floral biology;
• Selfing and crossing;
• Evaluation of hybrid progenies;
• Induction of economic mutants;
• High alkaloid and high essential oil mutants;
• Evolution of mutants through physical and chemical mutagens;
• Introduction of polyploidy;
• Screening of plants for biotic and abiotic stress;
•
In-vitro 
breeding in medicinal and aromatic crops.
VIII. Teaching Methods/ Activities
• Lecture
• Assignment (Reading/ Writing)
• Demonstration
• Exposure visits
IX. Learning outcome
After successful completion of this course, the students are expected to:
• Develop the technical skill in breeding of medicinal and aromatic crops
• Be able to start medicinal and aromatic crop-based seed production/ nursery centres