Studies on colchicine induced chromosome doubling for enhancement of quality traits in ornamental plants

A Manzoor, T Ahmad, MA Bashir, IA Hafiz, C Silvestri - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
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 …

Application of genetics and biotechnology for improving medicinal plants

M Niazian - Planta, 2019 - Springer
Main conclusion Plant tissue culture has been used for conservation, micropropagation, and
in planta overproduction of some pharma molecules of medicinal plants. New biotechnology …

Tissue culture in ornamentals: Cultivation factors, propagation techniques, and its application

H Mehbub, A Akter, MA Akter, MSH Mandal, MA Hoque… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ornamentals come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors to suit a wide range of climates,
landscapes, and gardening needs. Compared to demand, a shortage of plant materials and …

Artificial polyploidy induction for improvement of ornamental and medicinal plants

M Niazian, AM Nalousi - Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2020 - Springer
Green plants provide food, fuel, materials, and medicine for humans. Amongst these,
medicinal plants contain unique molecules with therapeutic applications. However, our …

Effect of polyploidy induction on natural metabolite production in medicinal plants

H Madani, A Escrich, B Hosseini, R Sanchez-Muñoz… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polyploidy plays an important role in plant diversification and speciation. The ploidy level of
plants is associated with morphological and biochemical characteristics, and its modification …

Polyploidy in industrial crops: Applications and perspectives in plant breeding

A Trojak-Goluch, M Kawka-Lipińska, K Wielgusz… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polyploidisation is an important process in the evolution of many plant species. An
additional set of chromosomes can be derived from intraspecific genome duplication …

[HTML][HTML] Polyploidization for the genetic improvement of Cannabis sativa

JL Parsons, SL Martin, T James, G Golenia… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cannabis sativa L. is a diploid species, cultivated throughout the ages as a source of fiber,
food, and secondary metabolites with therapeutic and recreational properties …

[HTML][HTML] Oryzalin induces polyploids with superior morphology and increased levels of essential oil production in Mentha spicata L

R Bharati, E Fernández-Cusimamani, A Gupta… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Synthetic polyploid induction influences morphological, physiological, and photosynthetic characteristics in Melissa officinalis L.

R Bharati, A Gupta, P Novy, L Severová… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
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 …

Bridging the Chemical Profile and Biological Activities of a New Variety of Agastache foeniculum (Pursh) Kuntze Extracts and Essential Oil

F Bălănescu, AV Botezatu, F Marques… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study investigated the phytochemical content of alcoholic extracts and essential oil of a
new variety of medicinal plants, Agastache foeniculum (Pursh), which Kuntze adapted for …