In vitro regeneration of an endangered medicinal plant Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora

A reproducible in vitro regeneration system for Nepalese kutki (Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell) was developed from in vitro leaf derived callus. Induction of more than seven shoot buds per explant was achieved on Woody plant medium (WPM) supplemented with 0.53 μM α-napthaleneacetic acid (NAA)...

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Published in:Biologia Plantarum
Main Authors: P. Bantawa, O. Saha-Roy, S. Kumar Ghosh, T. Kumar Mondal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences 2011-03-01
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Online Access:https://bp.ueb.cas.cz/artkey/bpl-201101-0024_In-vitro-regeneration-of-an-endangered-medicinal-plant-Picrorhiza-scrophulariiflora.php