The family Zingiberaceae, commonly known as the ginger family, is economically sound due
to their huge consumption as medicine, spices, dyes, perfumeries, etc. Gingers are widely …

'Bentong'ginger is the most popular variety of Zingiber officinale in Malaysia. It is vegetatively
propagated and requires a high proportion of rhizomes as starting planting materials …

Well developed methods are presently available to help growers meet the demand of the
pharmaceutical industry in the next century. Micropropagation of medicinal plants is …

A highly efficient and reproducible in vitro plant regeneration method has been developed
from shoot bud, half-shoot, and shoot slice explants of four genotypes of turmeric (Curcuma …

Objective To study the leaf epidermis of wild and micropropagated Dioscorea bulbifera
Linn.(D. bulbifera) in order to document useful diagnostic features that may be employed for …

The rhythm of biodiversity loss is estimated to be between 1000 and 10,000 times higher
than the natural extinction rate. This is often referred to as “the sixth extinction crisis” after the …

ABSTRACT A reproducible protocol for in vitro shoot regeneration was established for
edible native ginger species of Borneo, Etlingera coccinea using rhizome bud. Intact …

An in vitro protocol for direct and callus mediated regeneration of complete plantlets of
Curcuma karnatakensis was established. For direct regeneration rhizome buds were used …

Mango turmeric (Curcuma mangga Val.) contains many bioactive compounds that are used
for traditional treatment of various health problems and ailments. Slow propagation nature of …

ABSTRACT A rapid high-frequency multiplication protocol is designed for Curcuma
pseudomontana J. Graham, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, an endemic species to …