Advances in Tissue Culture of Cucurbits: A Review

Abstract

Cucurbitaceae is the one of the elite family in the plant kingdom and have importance in its daily utilization for cuisine preparation as a source of vegetable and medicinal plant. This family consists of hundreds of edible species, qualitative and quantitative improvement plays a vital role in the processing industry and Indian medicine system of Ayurveda (AYUSH). Plant tissue culture techniques have been used extensively for propagation of cucurbitaceae by using various explants and methods from last few decades. This review aims to describe and list all the major findings related with the tissue culture of cucurbitaceae