ABSTRACT
Rapid clonal multiplication of selected genotypes in in vitro conditions, known as micropropagation, is now an established commercial industry worldwide. It offers several advantages like multiplication of recalcitrant species, year round production, higher rate of multiplication in limited space and time and generation of pathogen free plants even from explants of the infected mother plant. Micropropagation is also being utilized for germplasm conservation, genetic transformation and/or secondary metabolite production (Debergh and Zimmerman 1990, Giri et al. 2004, Rani and Raina 2000, Srivastava and Joshi 2009, Kataria et al. 2013).
