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Priorities for Promising Plant Introductions 105Periwinkle with high total alkaloid content (2.5%), more branching,thick root and leafy biomass should be procured from Brazil,Canada and Madagascar.Solanum laciniatum germplasm rich in sola so dine content which isconsidered to be an important raw material for commercialproduction of steroidal drugs should be introduced from Vietnam.Egyptian henbane germplasm with short duration, large biomassand Andrographis paniculata germplasm rich in andrographaloidcontent upto 2% and wild races from Sri Lanka are reqUired to beintroduced. In V£;tiver germplasm with high oil yield and superioraroma need to .be introduced from Indonesia, Reunion Island,Haiti, Guatemala, Mexico and Brazil.Oilpalm: Priority should be to introduce proven DXP combinationsand 30-103 P. pisifera tissue cultured plantlets from Nigeria anddurra parental lines from Malaysia, Ivory Coast and CentralAmerican regions.Black pepper : Disease resistant germplasm from growingcountries in south east Asia including Thailand, Malaysia,Indonesia and Sri Lanka need to be introduced.In Clove various genetic stocks from Tanzania and Mauritius onpriority basis, and in Cardamom from Guatemala, Tanzania andSri Lanka; in Cinnamon from Sri Lanka and the Seychelles Islands;in Nut meg (Myristlca argentea) nearest relative of nut meg shouldbe introduced from New Guinea for breeding programme.rt is necessary to introduce better quality, diseases resistant,high yielding germplasm material in all the seed spices such ascumin, coriander, fennel, fenugreek, celery, dill seed, caraway frommediterranean region for satisfying the requirements of thebreeders. This would help the country in augmenting the capacityfor production of essential oils and alkaloids which are muchrequired in drug pharmaceutical and essential oil industries.Selected ReferencesArora, RK. and E.R. Nayar (1984). Wild relatives of Crop Plants inIndia. N<strong>BP</strong>GR Scientific Monograph No.7 pp. 90Gnadinger r C.B. (1945), Pyrethrum Flowers Supplement. Me LaughlinGormley King CO' r Minneapolis r Minnesota, USA.

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