REPRODUCTIVE CAPACITY OF BIXA ORELLANA L., AN IMPORTANT NATURAL FOOD DYE YIELDING PLANT

Poornima, Ambika
2013 Indian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Life Sciences   unpublished
Bixa orellana L a tropical plant belonging to the Bixaceae is a food dye yielding plant with medicinal properties. We have already reported that this species exhibit morphological variations in the different accessions occurring in the Bangalore City, Karnataka. The present study indicated that the different accessions also differed physiologically in terms of their Reproductive capacity and Quantity of Bixin. The percent seed germination ranged from 40% to 92% and percent dye content ranged
more » ... m 0.39% to 1.03% in different accessions. From this study we could identify the accessions with high reproductive capacity and high Bixin content for mass multiplication through in vitro techniques for the sake of Bixin, the food dye.
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