Nitraria schoberi (Ghar-e-Daghin in Persian) from Zygophyllaceae (Nitrariaceae) family is considered as a wonderful exquisite plant in terms of its economical, medicinal, animal feed, significant values and also its unique characteristics of being tolerant to the soil salinity, drought and erosion. On the other hand, this plant is challenging with severe problems such as seed dormancy, plant gr...

An in vitro method was developed for high frequency shoot regeneration and continuous production of Brassica napus L. in large number. The different concentrations of benzyladenine (1.5, 3.0 and 4.5 mgl and thidiazuron (0, 0.15 and 0.30 mgl) were evaluated for shoot and root regeneration using hypocotyl explants with 7, 14 and 21 days old. Shoot regeneration (SR) was affected by both benzyladen...

In vitro germplasms of ipecac (Cephaelis ipecacuanha Rich.), an important medicinal plant, maintained through reduced growth conditions for more than 12-years, were used as source material for micropropagation. MS with different combinations of Kn (2 mg/l), BAP (2 mg/l), 2iP (2-3 mg/l), NAA (0.2 mg/l) and adenine (40-100 mg/l) as additive was used to induce fresh multiplication of shoots from t...

Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) var. Mattu Gulla (MG) and var. Perampalli Gulla (PG) are unique varieties with distinct flavour cultivated in Udupi, Karnataka State, and are exposed to several biotic and abiotic stresses. An efficient and reproducible in vitro regeneration method is required to expedite the manipulation of these brinjal varieties to cope up with stress by tissue culture and gene...

Dendrocalamus strictus popularly known as 'Male bamboo' is a multipurpose bamboo which is extensively utilized in pharmaceutical, paper, agricultural and other industrial implements. In this study, in vitro regeneration of D. strictus through nodal culture has been attempted. Murashige and Skoog's medium supplemented with 4 mg/l BAP was found to be most effective in shoot regeneration with 3.68...

Background & Aim: Dracocephalum genus belongs to the Lamiaceae family which has eight species in Iran. Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss is an important medicinal and aromatic plant that use in pharmaceutical industry. In addition, this species is used in Iranian traditional medicine. The aim of current study was to examine the various growth regulations and explants on direct orga...

Background & Aim: Dracocephalum genus belongs to the Lamiaceae family which has eight species in Iran. Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss is an important medicinal and aromatic plant that use in pharmaceutical industry. In addition, this species is used in Iranian traditional medicine. The aim of current study was to examine the various growth regulations and explants on direct orga...

Digitalis davisiana, commonly called Alanya foxglove, from Turkey, is an important medicinal herb as the main source of cardiac glycosides, cardenolides, anthraquinones, etc. It is also known in the Indian Medicine for treatment of wounds and burns. It has ornamental value as well. Overexploitation of D. davisiana has led this species to be declared protected, and thereby encouraged various met...

the present study was carried out to investigate micropropagation possibility and determine the optimal medium composition and plant growth regulators (pgrs) combinations under in vitro conditions. the cotyledon and epicotyl explants obtained from 1 month old in vitro grown seedlings were used in ms medium containing ba (0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 mg-1) and tdz (0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 mg-1) e...

two separate factorial experiments were conducted to study the effects of explant sources, plant growth regulators, sucrose concentrations, and light conditions on in vitro cormlet formation of freesia (freesia ×hybrida bailey 'argenta'). interestingly, it was observed that the pupae had lower contamination levels compared to mother corms. using 40% sodium hypochlorite solution for 40 min, cont...