In the present book, tissue culture studies on two medicinally important plant species- Bacopa monnieri and Tylophora indica is presented which was carried out as a work for M.Sc. in 2010. Tissue culture methods are now routinely adopted for propagating medicinal plants as they are being depleted from wild. In vitro propagation includes five different stages and stage-III is rooting of microshoots in static or liquid media. It is an important stage as after that the in vitro plants are transferred to the field. Rooting can also be induced by using natural planting substrates which is...

Of all the natural resources available for mankind, water is the most prominent, life supporting and life sustaining resource. Water pollution in the environment as a cause of various anthropogenic processes, has put a question on the potability of the water available from various natural and municipal sources making it unsafe for drinking. Various tools and techniques are being used for water purification, but these techniques are out of the reach of common people, due to their incurred cost. In order to get pure drinking water for each and every person, herbs can play a tremendous role in...