FIELD PERFORMANCE, RAPD ANALYSIS AND WITHANOLIDE PROFILING OF MICROPROPAGATED PLANTS OF WSR – AN ELITE CULTIVAR OF INDIAN GINSENG (WITHANIA SOMNIFERA L. DUNAL)

An elite cultivar of W. somnifera – WSR with desired attributes exhibiting uniform chemical profile and better adaptability in varied environment has been developed by Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Jammu.
The cultivar is consistently hyper-productive in root/leaf biomass and phytochemical attributes and received commercial acceptability in India.
A highly efficient in vitro micropropagation system has been developed for this elite cultivar for mass propagation.
Field performance, LC-MS based Withanolide profile and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) marker based analysis of micropropagated plants confirmed clonal fidelity of tissue culture raised plants.
Adoption of presently developed in vitro strategy for propagation of cultivar WSR would help to provide uniform planting material which is highly desirable from pharmacological point of view to maintain uniformity and efficacy of herbal drug preparations utilizing Indian Ginseng.

IV International Symposium on Acclimatization and Establishment of Micropropagated Plants

S. Mallubhotla, A. Ahuja, A. Kumar, R.D. Sharma, V. Verma, K.A. Suri, S.P. Vij

ashwagandha, acclimatization, genetic fidelity, in vitro propagation, steroidal lactones

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.865.25