Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd.

Debasis Patnaik

Anil Kush Kumar

A highly efficient in-vitro system of micropropagation of rose scented Geranium,L. Herit by a direct regeneration method to produce a large number of viable true to the type plants maintaining the genotype of an elite mother plant is provided. The process involves inoculating nodal explants on shoot regeneration and multiplication medium, transferring the multiple shots for further growth on medium for shoot growth, further transferring the shoot with sufficient growth to medium for rooting. The present invention also provides a process for the primary and secondary hardening of the in vitro generated plants with the efficient root regeneration system, which is hardened to give about 95% survival in the field conditions. The multiplication ratio achieved by the process is of the order of 1:12-1:20, resulting in significantly low cost of production in relatively lesser time.

In-vitro system of micropropagation of rose scented pelargonium graveolens, of bourbon type

is an alkaloid producing plant of the family Solanaceae with varied therapeutic uses. In order to grow the plant in large areas; one needs to have an efficient system of vegetative multiplication, which ensures its genetic uniformity, and true to the type nature. In nature largely seeds propagate plant, which could be result of cross-pollination which may result in genetic drift. The present invention provides an efficient micropropagation system, with high level of multiplication at relatively low cost of production. The multiplication ratio was as high as 1:6 and almost 95% the plants were viable and successfully cultivated in field. The present invention provides an ideal way of mass cultivation of the selected elite plant material.

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Orissa, India

Debasis Patnaik