Track 4-1-1: Plant Genetic Resources, Collection, Conversation, Evaluation and IPR Issues
Description
Ecotypes are population of same species with different races, which is adapted to local environment Different ecotypes of a particular species may differ in their edaphic, biotic or microclimatic requirements (Linhart and Grant, 1996; Eppela et al., 2013) and such adaptation either become irreversible or genetically fixed variations. Cenchrus ciliaris L. (Tam: kollukottaipul, Eng. buffel grass, Sans: anjan grass) is a grass belonging to the family Poaceae and ephemeral in nature. In this species, habitat plays a significant role in the formation of ecotypes and several ecotypes are found in Cenchrus ciliaris L. including with varying inflorescence and florets colours and however all the ecotypes exhibiting similar growth characters. Arshad et al., (2007) studied on tiller growth and phonological studies of C. ciliaris. Phytochemical studies on the ecotypes is of paramount important and the potential of the plant ecotypes, especially their different components are required to be studied on their antimicrobial activities (Kannan and Bagam Priyal, 2015). The present study was attempted to investigate the important phyto-chemical substances for their presence or absence in three select morphological variants with differing inflorescence and floret colours and the work was included to study the antimicrobial activity of the plant extracts prepared from different components in Cenchrus ciliaris L. on the select microbial cultures, under laboratory conditions.
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Morphological Variability Potential of Cenchrus ciliaris L. Ecotypes on Their Phytochemical Substances and Antibacterial Activities
Ecotypes are population of same species with different races, which is adapted to local environment Different ecotypes of a particular species may differ in their edaphic, biotic or microclimatic requirements (Linhart and Grant, 1996; Eppela et al., 2013) and such adaptation either become irreversible or genetically fixed variations. Cenchrus ciliaris L. (Tam: kollukottaipul, Eng. buffel grass, Sans: anjan grass) is a grass belonging to the family Poaceae and ephemeral in nature. In this species, habitat plays a significant role in the formation of ecotypes and several ecotypes are found in Cenchrus ciliaris L. including with varying inflorescence and florets colours and however all the ecotypes exhibiting similar growth characters. Arshad et al., (2007) studied on tiller growth and phonological studies of C. ciliaris. Phytochemical studies on the ecotypes is of paramount important and the potential of the plant ecotypes, especially their different components are required to be studied on their antimicrobial activities (Kannan and Bagam Priyal, 2015). The present study was attempted to investigate the important phyto-chemical substances for their presence or absence in three select morphological variants with differing inflorescence and floret colours and the work was included to study the antimicrobial activity of the plant extracts prepared from different components in Cenchrus ciliaris L. on the select microbial cultures, under laboratory conditions.
