Efficient in vitro regeneration of common daisy, amedicinal plant

Bellis perennis L. (common daisy) is a medicinal plant that has been used to treat common cold, wounds, stomachache, eye diseases, eczema, gastritis, cancer, diarrhea, rheumatism, inflammation and infections of the upper respiratory tract. A highly efficient and rapid regeneration system via multiple shoot formation was devel- oped for common daisy. Explants (leaf, pedicel, petiole and root segments) excised from sterile field-grown plants were cultured on medium supplemented with different concentrations and combi- nations of various plant growth regulators. The pedicel explants formed more shoots than other explants.