Valeriana officinalis is an important medicinal herb commonly found in Kashmir valley. This study forms an important preliminary step for in-vitro micro propagation of V. officinalis from breaking the seed dormancy, inducing rapid seed germination and its subsequent micro propagation. We investigated the influence of pretreatment of V. officinalis seeds with reduced temperature and light on see...

OBJECTIVE To develop an improved protocol for micropropagation of ethnomedicinally important Scoparia dulcis (S. dulcis) L. METHODS Explants were inoculated on MS basal medium supplemented with kinetin and 6-benzylaminopurine for shoot bud induction. To enhance the shoot induction, various auxins like 3-indoleacetic acid or 3-indolebutyric acid or α-naphthylacetic acid were tested along with ...

Penicillium spp. produce a variety of beneficial metabolites for plant growth and survival, as well as defend their hosts from attack of certain pathogens. In present study 20 Penicillium spp. culture filtrates were screened for growth activity in wheat seedlings. Germination percentage of wheat seeds was enhanced by Penicillium spp. culture extracts. Although, the most active inhibitors of see...

Leaf and hypocotyl explants of 15 days old aseptically grown seedlings of Solanum laciniatum were cultured on MS medium supplemented with NAA (2 mg/l) and kinetin (0.5 mg/l) for callus initiation. For maintenance and proliferation of callus MS medium supplemented with 2,4-D (1 mg/l) and kinetin (0.5 mg/l) was used. The growth of the calli derived from hypocotyls increased with time of incubatio...

The present investigations were attempted to develop the rapid in vitro micropropagation protocol of Moringa oleifera (Variety-PKM-1) from nodal sections of young, aseptically grown seedlings. Benzyladenine (BA) at 4.44 lM was found to be optimal in producing on maximum an average of 9.0 ± 1.0 axillary shoots per explant after 15 days of inoculation. A high multiplication rate was established t...

A method for tissue culture of micropropagation aquatic plant Staurogyne repens (Nees) Kuntze has been developed. Different phytohormones were investigated to optimize the growth explants. The shoot tip explants S. placed in MS nutrient medium including BAP (0.30-1.50 mg/l) + TDZ (0.10 NAA and Kn mg/l). Shoot regeneration frequencies changed as 77.77-100% 66.66-100% cultivation augmented with B...