Effect of culture conditions, cytokinins, methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid on the biomass accumulation and production of withanolides in multiple shoot culture of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal using liquid culture

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 715-728

  Sivanandhan, Ganeshan ^a   Rajesh, Manoharan ^a   Arun, Muthukrishnan ^a   Jeyaraj, Murugaraj ^a   Kapil Dev, Gnanajothi ^a   Arjunan, Annavi ^a   Manickavasagam, Markandan ^a   Muthuselvam, Manickam ^a   Selvaraj, Natesan ^b   Ganapathi, Andy ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Periyar e v R College (Autonomous)   (India)

Author keywords

Cytokinins; Elicitors; Exposure time; Harvest time; Inoculum mass; Medium volume; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 84874023060     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-012-1112-x     Document Type: Article

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