Immature inflorescence with outer spathe length of 5.5 cm size collected from West Coast Tall cultivar coconut was used as the explant and rachillae bits were inoculated in Y3 media supplemented 2, 4-D (1 mg L-1). The cultures incubated dark for eight months sub-cultured into same at monthly interval. white shoot like outgrowths formed sub cultured to ½ MS fortified 1 L-1 each NAA BAP subsequen...

In Kerala, herbal food formulations are widely used in maternal care, both preand postchildbirth. The present study was an attempt to understand the usage and nutritive value of these food formulations thereby documenting valuable traditional knowledge. Fifty young mothers and their elderly caretakers from Kollam district of Kerala were studied and it was observed that three extensively used fo...