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Protocols for the micropropagation of two traditional medicinal plants Eclipta alba (L.) and Eupatorium adenophorum (L.) from nodal segments were developed. Proliferated microshoots of Eclipta alba and Eupatorium adenophorum were obtained through axillary branching by culturing nodal segments in modified MS medium and half strength of MS, respectively, with minimal strength of nutritional support. Simultaneous rooting could also be induced in the same medium. Regenerated rooted plantlets were successfully acclimatized in soil where they grew normally without showing any morphological variation.
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Borthakur, M., Dutta, K., Nath, S. et al. Micropropagation of Eclipta alba and Eupatorium adenophorum using a single-step nodal cutting technique. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 62, 239–242 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006465517666
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