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Ecophysiological and phytochemical responses of Salvia sinaloensis Fern. to drought stress
Salvia sinaloensis Fern. (sage) is a medicinal plant containing plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) with antioxidant properties. The current study investigated the effects of drought stress on S. ...
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Strategies for Optimization of the Production of Rosmarinic Acid in Salvia officinalis L. and Salvia dolomitica Codd Biomass with Several Biotechnological Approaches
Rosmarinic acid (RA) is a caffeic acid ester widely used by pharmaceutical and food industry. Its presence in several medicinal plant species and herb has been correlated with their biological activities and h...
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Open Access1,3-di(benzo[d]oxazol-5-yl)urea acts as either adventitious rooting adjuvant or xylogenesis enhancer in carob and pine microcuttings depending on the presence/absence of exogenous indole-3-butyric acid
Asexual propagation in Ceratonia siliqua L. (carob), species of economic value, is difficult because of adventitious rooting recalcitrance. In Pinus radiata adventitious rooting of hypocotyl cuttings is enhanced ...
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Somatic Embryogenesis in Lisianthus (Eustoma russellianum Griseb.)
Somatic embryogenesis is, for the main floricultural crops, a promising system for commercial scale-up, providing cloned material to be traded as seedlings.
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Physiological and biochemical analysis of growth abnormalities associated with plant tissue culture
Micropropagation is an important tool in the multiplication of genetically uniform plants that possess desirable traits for horticultural industry. Like many other technologies, it has gone through different s...
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In Vitro Propagation of Hydrangea spp.
Hydrangea (Hortensia) is a highly popular ornamental plant for garden decoration, and now it is commercially produced for cut flower branches. For in vitro culture, Murashige and Skoog medium sup...
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Spatial Genetic Structure of Campanula sabatia, a Threatened Narrow Endemic Species of the Mediterranean Basin
Campanula sabatia is endemic to NW Italy (Liguria) and it was included in the European Red list of endangered species due to the heavy human pressure on its habitat. AFLP markers were used to det...
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In Vitro Propagation of Ornamental Myrtus (Myrtus communis)
The Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) is an evergreen shrub typical of the Mediterranean area; it is an interesting plant with multipurpose use. The ornamental use takes into account the production of green cut branche...
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Hairy Root Cultures for Secondary Metabolites Production
Hairy roots (HRs) are differentiated cultures of transformed roots generated by the infection of wounded higher plants with Agrobacterium rhizogenes. This pathogen causes the HR disease leading to the neoplastic ...
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Plant Cell Cultures: Bioreactors for Industrial Production
The recent biotechnology boom has triggered increased interest in plant cell cultures, since a number of firms and academic institutions investigated intensively to rise the production of very promising bioact...
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Analytical Methods for the Extraction and Identification of Secondary Metabolite Production in ‘In Vitro’ Plant Cell Cultures
The production of plant secondary metabolites by in vitro culture is one of the most challenging and thrilling field of recent scientific researches. In the few last years, pharmaceutical and food industry dem...
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Micropropagation of Ixia hybrids in liquid medium
Ixia is a monocotyledonous bulbous plant native of the South African Cape Region grown commercially as an ornamental plant for the production of flower stems. Commercial propagation is by the vegetative productio...
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Improvement of micropropagation of Genista monosperma Lam. by abscisic acid treatment
Genista monosperma Lam. (Leguminosae) is an ornamental shrub cultivated for the production of its attractive flowered branches. In order to overcome the low rate of in vivo propagation, m...
