Physiological and metabolic changes in two Himalayan medicinal herbs under drought, heat and combined stresses.

ABSTRACT: Valeriana jatamansi Jones and Hedychium spicatum Ham-ex-Smith are important medicinal herbs of the Himalayan region, which are highly demanded by pharmaceutical industries. Climatic variability especially increasing temperature and water deficit affects the growth and productivity of these species. In addition, increased temperature and water deficit may trigger the biosynthesis of medicinally important bioactive metabolites, which influence the quality of raw plant material and finished products. Therefore, V. jatamansi and H. spicatum plants were undertaken and subjected to different levels of drought (no irrigation), heat (35 °C), and combined stresses for investigating their physiological and metabolic responses. Both the treatments (individually and in comb

SUBMITTER: Pandey V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8295442 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature