Biotechnology is playing a vital alternative role in the production of pharmaceutical plant
secondary metabolites to support industrial production and mitigate over-exploitation of …

Modern agriculture faces challenges, such as loss of soil fertility, fluctuating climatic factors
and increasing pathogen and pest attacks. Sustainability and environmental safety of …

The production of drugs, cosmetics, and food which are derived from plant cell and tissue
cultures has a long tradition. The emerging trend of manufacturing cosmetics and food …

One of the aims of plant in vitro culture is to produce secondary plant metabolites using plant
cells and organ cultures, such as cell suspensions, adventitious, and hairy roots (among …

The hairy root (HR) culture system is an excellent alternative strategy to the whole plant
system for producing valuable compounds. However, selection of suitable Agrobacterium …

Ferula is a genus of perennial herbs belonging to the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) family. It has
180–185 species. This genus is applied for the remedy of diverse organ disorders in folk …

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp.) under the family Polygonaceae is an ancient pseudocereal
with stupendous but less studied nutraceutical properties. The gluten free nature of protein …

Medicinal and aromatic plants have been used by mankind since ancient times. This is
primarily due to their healing effects associated with their specific secondary metabolites …

Strong demand for food requires specific efforts by researchers involved in the agricultural
sector to develop means for sufficient production. While, agriculture today faces challenges …

The development of an efficient protocol for successful hairy root induction by Agrobacterium
rhizogenes is the key step toward an in vitro culturing method for the mass production of …