Hemidesmus indicus, popularly known as ‘Anantmul’, is valued for its magical root-an ingredient used in pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetic industries. Owing to high market demand, overexploitation has threatened the natural population of this endangered species deserving conservation and sustainable utilization. In this study, a tissue culture based aeroponics assisted system was developed to produce quality fragrant roots of Hemidesmus indicus for the first time. Suitable aeroponics system was designed by optimizing aeromist intervals and droplet size. A comparative study of soilless and soil-based systems was conducted and it was revealed that propagation via aeroponic system was found significantly superior both for above and underground plant parts. The plants generated through aeroponic were taller and producing larger no. of leaves with broader leaf area and higher quantity of photosynthetic pigments than soil grown plants. The most prospective observation was achieved in belowground parts, using a simple digital imaging platform which can be an alternative to manual root phenotyping, were shown to promote root growth with higher root no., length and its surface area in aeroponic cultivation. These resulted in formation of greater quantities of root biomass along with augmented levels of lead root metabolite 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde.

Hemidesmus indicus，俗称“Anantmul”，因其神奇的根而受到重视——一种用于制药、营养品和化妆品行业的成分。由于市场需求旺盛，过度开发已经威胁到这种值得保护和可持续利用的濒危物种的自然种群。在这项研究中，首次开发了一种基于组织培养的气培辅助系统，以生产出优质的Hemidesmus indicus香根。合适的气培系统是通过优化气雾剂间隔和液滴尺寸来设计的。对无土和基于土壤的系统进行了比较研究，结果表明通过传播发现气培系统对于地上和地下植物部分都显着优越。通过气培产生的植物更高，产量更大。比土壤种植的植物具有更宽的叶面积和更多的光合色素的叶子。最有前瞻性的观察是在地下部分实现的，使用一个简单的数字成像平台，可以替代手动根表型分析，在气培栽培中以更高的根数、长度和表面积促进根生长。这些导致形成更大量的根生物量以及铅根代谢物 2-羟基-4-甲氧基苯甲醛的水平增加。