A highly efficient in-vitro system of micropropagation of rose scented
Geranium, Pelargonium graveolens L. Herit by a direct regeneration method
to produce a large number of viable true to the type plants maintaining
the genotype of an elite mother plant is provided. The process involves
inoculating nodal explants on shoot regeneration and multiplication
medium, transferring the multiple shots for further growth on medium for
shoot growth, further transferring the shoot with sufficient growth to
medium for rooting. The present invention also provides a process for the
primary and secondary hardening of the in vitro generated plants with the
efficient root regeneration system, which is hardened to give about 95%
survival in the field conditions. The multiplication ratio achieved by
the process is of the order of 1:12-1:20, resulting in significantly low
cost of production in relatively lesser time.