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An efficient and cost effective micropropagation protocol using liquid medium was developed for Catharanthus roseus, a commercially important medicinal plant. Comparative analysis of shoot growth and proliferation in liquid Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with different concentrations of cytokinins [6-Benzyladenine (BA), Kinetin (KN) and Thidiazuron (TDZ)] was conducted. Better response in terms of shoot proliferation, shoot diameter, number of leaves/shoot, number of branches/shoot, fresh weight and dry weight was observed in a liquid medium vis-à-vis solid medium. A sample of 20 ml of liquid medium supplemented with 5 μM of BA was optimized for propagation of C. roseus by a liquid culture system. Among various concentrations of auxins tried, 1-Naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) 5 μM was found to be the best for root induction. Quantification of pharmaceutically important constituents (vincristine and vinblastine) and total alkaloid content of microshoots grown in solid and liquid medium as well as in vitro raised plants and mother plant was also conducted, hitherto unreported in this high-value medicinal plant. This work further lays the foundations for the shifting of plant production from small to commercial scale.
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Pati, P.K., Kaur, J. & Singh, P. A liquid culture system for shoot proliferation and analysis of pharmaceutically active constituents of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 105, 299–307 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-010-9868-4
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