Artificial seed production technique for Carica papaya L. var Eksotika is considered as a valuable alternate technology of propagation. Limited availability of the elite genotypes apprehends the utility of the C. papaya L. var Eksotika plants, for industrial use and ecological improvement. Therefore, development of an efficient method for C. papaya L. var Eksotika artificial seeds production by encapsulation of micro shoots in sodium alginate matrix were produced. Artificial seeds of C. papaya L. var Eksotika were produced by encapsulated micro shoots of C. papaya L. varieties Eksotika propagated in vitro. The production of artificial plant seeds of this species offered ideal beads based upon stiffness, texture, size and shape of beads. It was found that 4% sodium alginate and harden in two hundred millimolar CaCl2.2H2O solution produced optimum beads with stiff, clear, round and homogeneous size for 30 minutes among the concentrations tested...

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Asparagus officinalis L. is a herbaceous plant belongs to liliaceae family with semi-erect and branched articulated branches and thick and white root, between 30 and 100 cm in length and 0.7 to 1 cm in thickness and dioecious perennial herb and is native to the Asia, Africa and Europe. This study highlights micropropagation of Asparagus officinalis L. through tissue culture techniques. Asparagus officinalis L. seeds were first washed throughly under running tap water for two hour. And then seed were soaked with distilled water for 24 hours. Seeds were then rinsed using 70%, 50%, 20% and 10% sodium hypochlorite followed by distilled water. This series of seed sterilization was done sequentially. Subsequently seeds were rinsed with 70% ethanol and finally with distilled water prior to culture. Seeds were cultured on Murashige and Skoog, 1962 (MS) basal medium containing 8% agar technical and 30% sucrose. In vitro seed germination was observed within two weeks. Complete plantlets were obt.....

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