Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Citral rich high yielding lemongrass plant ‘Nima’ of Cymbopogon flexuosus 
A new and distinct high essential oil variety of lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) is named ‘Nima’. Further, the invention relates to the high content of the monoterpene citral in the essential oil. This novel variety ‘Nima’ of lemongrass is a selection from the open pollinated seedlings of the seeds obtained from another Cymbopogon flexuosus variety OD 19 from the germ plasm collection of CIMAP. This variety is propagated through vegetative means using the slips and is stable for commercial cultivation.
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
Nilakshi Ajit Kumar Raj Kishori Ali Arif Janak Raj Hari Om Arun Suman Preet Singh Jawahar Ram
Singh Shasany Lal Naqvi Bahl Misra Prasad Khanuja Sharma