IN VITRO MICROPROPAGATION OF VARIOUS EXPLANTS OF SCOPARIA DULCIS LINN. AND HAEMOGLOBIN ENHANCED SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS

Abstract

India is one of the world’s richest sources of medicinal plants comprising nearly 45,000 species including 17,500 flowering plants. Now-a-day people prefer plant based medicines for their primary health care needs because they do not cause side effects. Plant wealth is greatly exploited for its therapeutic potential and medicinal efficacy to cure various human ailments since time immemorial.