A Complete Review on Tissue Culture of Terminalia arjuna: A Medicinally and Economically Important Tree

Author: Meena Choudhary* and Inder Dev Arya

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Abstract

Terminalia arjuna is an important multipurpose tree species. It is one of the major trees of sericulture industry to rear cocoon of tasar silkworm. The bioactive component present in this tree make it highly valuable tree in pharma industries. But, due to unscientific method of harvesting, poor seed germination and limits of conventional propagation method, its population is facing the threat of being endangered species. To replenish its loss, fulfill the need of therapeutic agents in short time and conserved such plant species, some alternate propagation methods for mass production of T. arjuna have been developed. The present review was done with the aim to highlight such non-conventional propagation methods. The literature described the different methods of propagation with different types of explants and potential of plant growth regulators in development of in vitro callus, somatic embryo, shoot and root system. The collective information on tissue culture methods of T. arjuna wil

Keywords

Terminalia arjuna, medicinal plant, in vitro, callus and somatic embryo.

Conclusion

Medicinal plants like Terminalia arjuna have high impact on medicine industry due to presence of many natural therapeutic compounds. Due to certain limitation of conventional propagation methods, today, conservation of T. arjuna by rapid multiplication is only possible through plant tissue culture method. The mass production of T. arjuna through direct organogenesis, indirect organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis can help in conservation of Arjuna tree and fulfil the demand of raw material of therapeutic medicine. The finding of present study suggests that there is need of further refinement of in vitro propagation protocol through indirect organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis methods to make it more reproducible.

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Meena Choudhary and Inder Dev Arya (2022). A Complete Review on Tissue Culture of Terminalia arjuna: A Medicinally and Economically Important Tree. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(1): 495-501.