*Guest faculty, V.C.S.G College of Horticulture (Bharsaar), Garhwal, Uttarakhand
Department of Botany, Government Post Graduate College, Kotdwara, Garhwal
Online published on 7 April, 2016.
Certain plants like Acorus calamus, Curcuma domestica and Zingiber officinale do not produce seeds. A comparative experimental study has been performed to develop a cost effective synthetic seed propagation of above plants by using different culture media and to use these propagules for the commercial propagation. Analysis of variance revealed that the regrowth ability of the encapsulated buds was affected by the concentration of sodium alginate (4% w/v), MS nutrients (full/half strength) along with other supplements in calcium alginate beads and the kind of planting media.
Encapsulation, Culture media, MS nutrients, Sodium alginate, Synthetic seeds
