Open AccessComparative micromorphological study of wild and micropropagated Dioscorea bulbifera Linn.
Author(s) -
Mubo A. Sonibare,
Adedapo Adedayo Adeniran
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine/asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 2588-9222
pISSN - 2221-1691
DOI - 10.1016/s2221-1691(14)60228-8
Subject(s) - shoot , botany , trichome , biology , micropropagation , callus , explant culture , mucilage , epidermis (zoology) , murashige and skoog medium , in vitro , biochemistry , anatomy
To study the leaf epidermis of wild and micropropagated Dioscorea bulbifera Linn. (D. bulbifera) in order to document useful diagnostic features that may be employed for correct crude drug identification and to clear any taxonomic uncertainties in the micropropagated medicinal plant.