Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the
family Zingiberaceae, which is native to tropical South Asia. It grows in tropical and …

Curcuma longa, or turmeric, is traditionally known for its immense medicinal properties and
has diverse therapeutic applications. However, the absence of a reference genome …

This review has been mainly focussed on distribution, cytology, genetic diversity and
molecular phylogeny of selected species of Zingiberaceae belonging to four genera of high …

The genus Curcuma, containing over 120 species, have considerable ornamental, edible
and medicinal value. Due to the persistent lack of efficient genomic SSR markers, the …

Abstract Curcuma longa L.(Family-Zingiberaceae), commonly called turmeric, is one of the
most important commercial spices. Being a center of turmeric's diversity, India boasts of …

Triploidy is relatively common in Curcuma, especially among vegetatively propagated
species in cultivation. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent of triploidy and the …

Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is an economically valuable spice crop widely utilized for its
culinary and medicinal properties. It is mainly regarded as a triploid and is commonly …

Fourteen open-pollinated seedling progenies of a high yielding, released variety of turmeric,
namely 'IISR Kedaram', have been characterized for chromosome number, plant …

In this paper, karyological investigations of four economically and medicinally important
Indian species of Zingiberaceae belonging to the genera Curcuma and Zingiber were …