In Rajasthan, bacterial stripe & black chaff disease of barley (Hordeum vulgare) caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. translucens has become an upcoming and endemic disease in recent years. The bacterium was found to be seed-borne Seed to seedling transmission of the bacterium showed a quantitative relationship in the density of contaminated / infected seed. The pathway of the bacterium from germinating seed was observed emanating from the husk (glumes) and pericarp to coleoptile and above ground aerial plant parts. The bacterium was observed located in the intercellular spaces of...

This book explores the in vitro direct and indirect methods of propagating Tinospora cordifolia in large number for the commercial production as well as conservation. Tinospora cordifolia is popularly known as Giloy or Guduchi. It is a medicinal plant and widely used in Ayurvedic system of medicine. Due to the problem of poor seed producing capacity and dependency of conventional propagation (stem cuttings) on weather conditions; there is a need to develop rapid and reliable method of propagation of Giloy. Tissue culture is the possible approach to overcome the problem. Therefore using this...