Polyploidy has the utmost importance in horticulture for the development of new ornamental
varieties with desirable morphological traits referring to plant size and vigor, leaf thickness …

Green plants provide food, fuel, materials, and medicine for humans. Amongst these,
medicinal plants contain unique molecules with therapeutic applications. However, our …

Efficacy of oryzalin to generate novel genotypes of Mentha spicata L. with superior
morphology and enhanced levels of essential oil via in vitro polyploidization was assessed …

Polyploidy in Rhododendron fortunei has great potential to improve its horticultural and
commercial value, and to also meet market demands. In this study, a feasible method for …

Melissa officinalis L., a well-known herb with diverse industrial and ethnopharmacological
properties. Although, there has been a significant lack in the breeding attempts of this …

Crocus sativus L., also known as saffron, is one of the most important medicinal and spice
plants throughout the world. The plant is a rich source of apocarotenoids such as crocetin …

Polyploidization is an important source of variability for plant breeding. Polyploids are often
characterised by increased resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Since drought and …

In vitro pre-cultured leaf segments of 'Red Flash'Caladium (Caladium× hortulanum Birdsey)
were treated with 0.1%, 0.2% and 0.3%(w/v) colchicine, or 0.001%, 0.002% and …

Polyploidization is a major trend in plant evolution that has many advantages over
diploidization. Ploidy level manipulation is a powerful breeding tool for many plant species …

Colchicine is a substance used to induce mutations in order to regulate important agronomic
traits. The genotypes Pavlodarskoe 4, Quartet, and PI 289324, originating from Kazakhstan …