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An Efficient Micropropagation of Achyranthes aspera L. Using Shoot Tip Explant
Manisegaran Ishwarya1, Muthu Gayathri1, Mannangatti Ezhumalai1, Govindhan Kogila Uthaya Prakash2, Sethu Tamilarasan2 and Sethuraman Ramakrishnan2*
1Department of Botany, Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Post Graduate Studies, Puducherry- 605 008, India
2Department of Botany, Tagore Government Arts and Science College, Puducherry- 605 008, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

Traditional medicinal herb Achyranthes aspera L. holds an important place in Siddha and Ayurvedic medicines. Plant tissue culture studies have been carried out in this plant employing various explants. However, no report is available on micropropagation through shoot tip explant. Surface sterilization using Bavistin and HgCl2, and in vitro germination procedure adapted for A. aspera provided very low level of contamination than other published reports, hitherto. Shoot tips cultured on Murashige and Skoog medium fortified with BAP at 2 mg/L produced maximum number of multiple shoots. Combinations of different concentrations of BAP with IAA did not facilitate the production of more shoots. Rooting of microshoots was successful in 2 mg/L of IBA. Vermiculite containing garden soil was suitable for hardening of somaclones.

Keywords: Achyranthes aspera L., Dehusked seeds, Multiple shoots, Rhizogenesis, Shoot tip
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Ishwarya, M., Gayathri, M., Ezhumalai, M., Uthaya Prakash, G. K., Tamilarasan, S., Ramakrishnan, S., 2018. An efficient micropropagation of Achyranthes aspera L. using shoot tip explant.Int.J.Curr.Res.Biosci.Plantbiol. 5(2): 76-84 . doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcrbp.2018.502.008
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