STUDIES ON IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF STEVIA ( Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.)
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2008
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
Stevia is a new promising renewable raw material for the food market. The
market potential for this natural sweetener is still untapped. It is estimated that about
30 million Indians are presently suffering from diabetes and it is estimated that by
2025 India's contribution to the diabetic global population would be a whopping 80
million. With such a huge share of the population being diabetic, the new ventures in
the food industry would be entirely focusing on them. Increased availability of raw
materials for production of steveoside is a challenge for the industry in future.
Uniform disease free planting material is the prime requirement to the stevia growers.
Tissue culture or micropropagation of stevia has already been shown to offer
considerable advantages as compared to traditional propagation techniques for
improving the production of selected variety. An investigation was undertaken to
study the physiological aspects of in vitro propagation stevia. The experiment was
conducted at Plant tissue culture laboratory, Department of Agricultural Botany, B. A.
College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during 2004 - 2007.
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Plant Physiology, Study, Studies