Studies on rapid micropropagation of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni: A natural sweetener

Abstract

Stevia rebaudiana is and an important non-caloric sweetening herb contains diterpene glycosides need to be explored for its commercialization. The evolving commercial importance of secondary metabolites in recent years has resulted in a great demand in the Pharma industry.Stevioside is a diterpene glycoside present in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. It is now evident that plant tissue culture is an essential component of Plant Biotechnology which offers novel approaches to the production, propagation, conservation and manipulation of plants. The success of in vitro culture depends mainly on the growth conditions of the source material medium composition and culture conditions and on the genotypes of donor plants.