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scale commercial micropropagation of Rauvolfia Skoog 1962) basal medium supplemented with
serpentina is technically feasible. 2.0 mg/l BAP (N6- benzylamirnopurine) and 0.5
mg/l NAA (a-naphthalenacetic acid). The
413 BASAR, N.C.; PANDIT, J.C. (On- average number of shoots induced per culture
Farm Research Division, Bangladesh was found to be six. Excised shoot roots were
Agricultural Research Institute, Mymensingh) cultured on half-strength MS medium containing
& KHURRAN, M.H. (Dept. of Agricultural 0.5 mg/l IBA. The rooted plantlets were
Extension, Dhaka). On-farm Evaluation of transferred to natural environment after proper
Three Mustard Varieties under Different acclimatization.
Fertilizer Packages. Bang. J. Sci. Ind. Res.,
2007, 42(3), 335-340. 415 CHOWDHURY, J.U.; YUSUF, M. & BHUIYAN,
M.N.I. (BCSIR Laboratories, Chittagong). Aromatic
A field experiment was conducted on Non- Plants of Bangladesh: Constituents of Leaf and Rhizome
Calcareous Dark Grey Floodplain Soil to find Oil of Curcuma Aeruginosa Roxb. Bang. J. Life Sci.,
out the performance of three mustard varieties 2007, 19 (2), 123-126.
viz., i) BARI Sarisha-9, ii) BARI Sarisha-12 and
iii) Tori-7 (Local) and three fertilizer doses as : Essential oils from the leaves and rhizome of
F 1= 120-34-64-32-1 .5 kg/ha NPKSB (HYG), Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. were analyzed by GC-
F 2= 86-26-44-26-1.0 kg/ha NPKSB (MYG) and MS. The leaf and rhizome oil contains 18 & 22
F 3 = 54-60-15 kg/ha NPK. The variety BARI compounds respectively. Eucalyptol (78.51 &
sarisha-9 produced the highest seed yield (892 35.30%) and camphor (5.94 & 12.20%) were the
kg/ha). The fertilizer level of HYG gave higher major compounds in both the oil. Other major
seed yield (956 kg/ha). BARI Sharisha-9 gave compounds in the rhizome oil were
higher gross return (Tk. 21882/ha) and gross dehydrotestosterone (11.74%), isovelleral (5.33%)
margin (Tk.l4936/ha) under HYG fertilizer level and (β-elemene (5.11%) and leaf oil were
but higher BCR (3.54) was recorded under MYG camphene (1.43%), limonene (2.38%), α- pinene
fertilizer level due to less fertilization cost. (1.91%), Caryophyllene oxide (1.41%).
414 BISWAS, A.; BARI, M.A.; ROY, M. 416 CHOWDHURY, J.U.; YUSUF, M. &
(Institute of Biological Sciences, Rajshahi BHUIYAN, NANDI, M.N.I. (BCSIR Laboratories,
University, Rajshahi) & BHADRA, S.K. (Dept. of Chittagong). Aromatic Plants of Bangladesh:
Botany, Chittagong University, Chittagong). In Constituents of the Leaf and Rhizome Oil of
Vitro Regeneration of Aristolochia Tagala Champ. Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.). Bang. J. Life
- A Rare Medicinal Plant of Chittagong Hill Sci., 2006, 18 (1), 147-152.
Tracts. J. Bio-Sci., 2007, 15, 63-67.
Essential oils from the leaves and rhizomes of
An efficient regeneration protocol through in Zingiber officinale grown in Bangladesh were
vitro direct organogenesis was developed for a analyzed by GC-MS. Sixty nine compounds were
valuable medicinal plant Aristolochia tagala identified from the leaf oil, of which, the major are
Champ. using nodal segments as explants. caryophyllene (24%), caryophyllene oxide
Multiple shoot buds were induced directly from (20.4%), citral (13.5%) and geraniol (7.7%).
nodal explants cultured on MS (Murashige and Seventy one compounds were identified from the
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