the use of healthy planting material is an important prerequisite for controlling destructive viral diseases in potato production. virus elimination methods such as meristem culture and thermotherapy are usually used to produce the nucleus stock of healthy planting material. here, we report a new technique of electrotherapy for elimination of two potyviruses, potato virus a (pva), and potato vi...

marshmallow is a medicinal plant containing mucilage polysaccharides and various phenolic acids. boron (b) is an essential micronutrient whose necessity for plant growth and development has been attributed to its role in cell wall pectin network and maintenance of integrity and performance of membranes. the present study was aimed to investigate the effects of different concentrations of b (0.0...

plant tissue culture is an alternative method of commercial propagation and is being used widely for the commercial propagation of a large number of plant species, including many medicinal plants. somatic embryogenesis is a process by which asexual or somatic cells are induced to form embryos in culture. somatic embryogenesis is a multi-step regeneration process starting with formation of pro-e...