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Biotechnological Production of Useful Phytochemicals from Adventitious Root Cultures

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Plant Cell and Tissue Differentiation and Secondary Metabolites

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Abstract

A potent cluster of phytochemicals produced within plants are used as pharmaceuticals, health-promoting substances, biopesticides/agricultural, and industrial chemicals. Various attempts of producing phytochemicals from cell cultures have been undertaken extensively since several decades. However, issues such as low yields and unpredictable behavior of cell lines in the effective production are the barriers in cell cultures. On the other hand, because of their genetic, biochemical stability, and biosynthetic capabilities, transformed roots and adventitious roots have also been tested for in vitro production of useful phytochemicals; however, adventitious root cultures are preferred over hairy root cultures because of their natural origin and noninvolvement of any transgene in their production. In this review, we update the research developments in the area of adventitious root cultures and application of bioreactor technology for the production of adventitious root biomass and useful phytochemicals. In addition, few examples are presented in which adventitious root cultures are used successfully for the production of useful phytochemicals at commercial scale.

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Authors are thankful for funding by DST-PURSE Phase-II program and UGC-BSR mid-career award grant [No. F.19-223/2018 (BSR)].

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  1. Department of Botany, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India

    Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy, Dayanand Dalawai, Medha A. Bhat & Vijayalaxmi S. Dandin

  2. Department of Horticulture, Division of Animal, Horticultural and Food Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Chenogju, Republic of Korea

    Hosakatte Niranjana Murthy, Kee-Yoeup Paek & So-Young Park

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Murthy, H.N., Dalawai, D., Bhat, M.A., Dandin, V.S., Paek, KY., Park, SY. (2019). Biotechnological Production of Useful Phytochemicals from Adventitious Root Cultures. In: Ramawat, K., Ekiert, H., Goyal, S. (eds) Plant Cell and Tissue Differentiation and Secondary Metabolites. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11253-0_19-1

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