A pot experiment was conducted in the open net house of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh from January to June, 2007, to study the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on the growth, leaf yield, chlorophyll and protein contents of Stevia rebaudiana (Bert.). The experiment was laid out in completely randomized design with three replic...

Hybridization is an important method to widen variations and develop novel varieties in plants. The increasing interest Stevia rebaudiana over the last decade soared by its potential as alternative source of sugar. In this study, improvement stevia has been conducted through hybridization using Trigona for development hybrids. Trigona, which consists small medium-sized bees, usually found tropi...

Stevioside, an abundant component of Stevia rebaudiana leaf, has become well-known for its intense sweetness (250-300 times sweeter than sucrose) and is used as a non-caloric sweetener in several countries. A number of studies have suggested that, beside sweetness, stevioside along with related compounds, which include rebaudioside A (second most abundant component of S. rebaudiana leaf), stevi...