Plant Tissue Culture of Jatropha Curcas L.

Preeti Garg* et al. /International Journal Of Pharmacy&Technology IJPT | June-2011 | Vol. 3 | Issue No. 2 | 960-972 Page 960 ISSN: 0975-766X Available Online Through Review Article www. ijptonline. com REVIEW: PLANT TISSUE CULTURE OF JATROPHA CURCAS L.... More

Preeti Garg* et al. /International Journal Of Pharmacy&Technology IJPT | June-2011 | Vol. 3 | Issue No. 2 | 960-972 Page 960 ISSN: 0975-766X Available Online Through Review Article www. ijptonline. com REVIEW: PLANT TISSUE CULTURE OF JATROPHA CURCAS L. Preeti Garg*1 , Pankaj Khatri1 , Divay Gandhi2 1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, India. 2 Department of Pharmaceutics, K. L. E. U. College of Pharmacy, Hubli Karnataka, India. Email:preetimangla@ymail. com Received on 04-03-2011 Accepted on 20-03-2011 Abstract Plant tissue culture is the culture of plant cells or tissues in a synthetic culture medium under controlled aseptic conditions to produce millions of identical plants. Now it has direct commercial applications as well as value in basic research into cell biology, genetics and biochemistry. This review paper outlines the work done on Jatropha curcas L. family Euphorbiaceae. Jatropha curcas L. a multipurpose, drought resistant, perennial Less