Plant tissue culture, an alternative for the production of Turmeric (Curcuma spp.). Resumen (transcripción literal):

Abstract

The Curcuma genus has more than 100 species of the Zingiberaceae family, and an ancestral history whose use as a condiment and medicine in India is millennia old. Currently, the rhizome maintains great commercial importance in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetics industries. Curcuminoids have been identified in their molecular composition, to which medicinal properties are attributed: anti-inflammatory, lipid-lowering, antioxidants, among others.
The conventional cultivation of this plant is annual and is carried out by sowing the rhizomes, which limits the sale of 100% of those harvested, since it is necessary to conserve a part for the next sowing, where losses are generated due to commensals such as insects and rodents, as well as the development of microorganisms. In vitro culture techniques have been used as an alternative to produce this genus in order to have plants available all year round and avoid preserving part of the rhizomes. The present review aims to provide information on micropropagation through tissue culture of Curcuma species as an alternative to the disadvantages of conventional production of Curcuma spp.