Endomicrobiome of <i>in vitro</i> and natural plants deciphering the endophytes-associated secondary metabolite biosynthesis in <i>Picrorhiza kurrooa</i>, a Himalayan medicinal herb.

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Picrorhiza kurrooa is a major source of picrosides, potent hepatoprotective molecules. Due to the ever-increasing demands, overexploitation has caused an extensive decline in its population in the wild and placed it in the endangered plants' category. At present plant in-vitro systems are widely used for the sustainable generation of P. kurrooa plants, and also for the conservation of other commercially important, rare, endangered, and threatened plant species. Furthermore, the in-vitro-generated plants had reduced content of therapeutic secondary metabolites compared to their wild counterparts, and the reason behind, not well-explored. Here, we revealed the loss of plant-associated endophytic communities during in-vitro propagation of

SUBMITTER: Tamang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10715050 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature