Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences1028-88801812-5735Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjbs.2006.422.424In vitro Flowering in Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.]]>AnithaS. KumariB.D. Ranjitha3200693Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. is an economically important medicinal plant because of the presence of various alkaloids, which are in use of cardiovascular and psychiatric treatments. Flowering is a complex process up regulated by external and internal factors and its induction under aseptic in vitro culture is extensively rare. Nodal segments and shoot tips were cultured on MS medium supplemented with various concentrations of BAP and GA3. Maximum number of multiple shoots (4.56±0.098) was obtained at 4.44 μM of BAP after two weeks of inoculation. When GA3 was used in combination with BAP, in vitro flowering was observed. Flower bud production and flower induction was noticed at 4.44 μM of BAP with 4.3 μM of GA3. However, maximum number of shoots was reduced to three in the same concentration.]]>Bhattacharjee, S.K.,1998pp: 293-294pp: 293-294Farooqi, A.A. and B.S. Sreeramu,2001pp: 210-211pp: 210-211Faisal, M. and M. Anis,2002in vitro propagation of Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. an endangered medicinal plant.]]>8295299Gamborg, O.L., R.A. Miller and K. Ojima,196850151158Haverkamp, W., G. Monnig, P. Kirchhof, L. Eckardt, M. Borggrefe and G. Breithardt,200190586590Jumin, H.B. and M. Ahmed,1999in vitro flowering of Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack.]]>18764768Murashige, T. and F. Skoog,196215473497Patil, V.M. and M. Jayanthi,199772961965Ramawat, K.G., R. Sharma and S.S. Suri,19991999pp: 366-367pp: 366-367Stephen, R. and N. Jayabalan,1998In vitro flowering and seed setting formation of Coriandrum sativum L.]]>74195197Sarma, D., S. Sarma and A. Baruah,1999in vitro flowering of Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. a potent source of anti-hypertension drugs.]]>65277278Swarup, R. and J.R. Arora,2000pp: 48-49pp: 48-49Sudhakaran, S. and V. Sivasankari,2002In vitro flowering response of Ocimum basilicum L.]]>4181183The Useful Plants of India,19861986pp: 516-517pp: 516-517Thiruvengadam, M. and N. Jayabalan,2001In vitro flowering of Vitex negundo L. a medicinal plant.]]>26770Wang, S., L. Tang and F. Chen,2001In vitro flowering in bitter melon.]]>20393397