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In Vitro Protocols for Ornamental Climbers

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Biotechnological strategies for the conservation of medicinal and ornamental climbers

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Since the time immemorial, plants and plant parts thereof have been used as medicinal sources to cure various ailments and diseases. Recent era witnessed a great loss of this natural wealth because of its excessive use and overexploitation. Thus, it is the need of an hour to take immediate and possible measures for conserving such a great wealth. With the advent of biotechnological approaches, new vitas and horizons were broadened in every sphere of research including plant biotechnology that boosted during the present century and played a vital role in conserving ornamental plants, thus maintaining the depleting natural wealth under laboratory conditions in a short span of time. In vitro studies of several important ornamental climbers have been carried out by different workers, viz., Gloriosa superba, Ceropegia spp., Allamanda, Passiflora spp., etc. The present chapter deals with the detailed account of successful protocols developed through in vitro propagation of such elite germplasms.

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The authors are grateful to UGC (University Grants Commission) Major Research Project Vide. No. 39-369/2010(SR) for providing financial assistance.

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Shaheen, A., Shahzad, A. (2016). In Vitro Protocols for Ornamental Climbers. In: Shahzad, A., Sharma, S., Siddiqui, S. (eds) Biotechnological strategies for the conservation of medicinal and ornamental climbers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19288-8_19

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