Plant physiological indices for Euryale ferox Salisb. an endangered aquatic plant from Gyeongsan Province, were analyzed in this study. The NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) was highest at 0.820 in Dongguji and lowest at 0.592 in Dongjaji; the SR (Simple Ratio) index was highest at 10.240 in Dongguji and lowest at 4.312 in Dongjaji; and the PRI (Photochemical Reflectance Index) was highest at 0.039 in Dongguji and lowest at −0.036 in Dongjaji. The CRI1 (Carotenoid Reflectance Index 1) index was in Sahwaji and Waji at 8.881 and 12.988, respectively, and the CRI2 (Carotenoid Reflectance Index 2) index was highest at 7.889 in Sahwaji and lowest at 11.889 in Dongjaji.

While Ardisia crenata Sims. recently has been used increasingly as an ornamental plant, It is endangered in natural forest. The optimum treatments of the various concentrations priming agents to improve seed viability and germination of A. crenata (ornamental plant) were also estimated. Germinability was significantly when the seeds of A. crenata was soaked in PEG solution at 15oC for 4 days, the optimum treatment for improving germination of A. crenata was observed when the tested seeds was soaked in −0.5 MPa of PEG solution in 92%. Overall results would be useful means for propagation and production of A. crenata.

A method for rapid micropropagation of Ophiopogon japonicus through plant regeneration from leaf, rhizome and root explants derived calli has been developed. Leaf, rhizome and root segments were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with plant growth regulators (2,4-D, NAA, IAA; 0~3.0 mg/ L) for callus induction. Callus production was highest at 1.0 mg/L 2,4-D where 91%. These calli were transferred to MS medium supplemented with various concentrations of 2,4-D (0, 0.5, 1.0, 3.0 mg/L) in combination with 6-benzyladenine (BA: 0, 0.5, 1.0 and 3.0 mg/L) for adventitious shoot regeneration. The addition of low concentration of 2,4-D into BA containing medium significantly increased the frequency of shoot regeneration in both leaf, rhizome and root derived calli. The highest frequency of adventitious shoot (88%) formation was on MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/L 2,4-D and 1.0 mg/L BA. For rooting of the shoots, half-strength MS medium supplemented with different concentrations of plant growth regulators (2,4-D, IBA, NAA) 0, 0.1, 1.0, 3.0 mg/L was tried. The optimal results was observed on half-strength MS medium supplemented with 3.0 mg/L NAA (average of 42.9 roots per explant). In vitro raised plantlets were acclimatized and transferred to soil with 100% success. This in vitro propagation protocol would be useful for conservation as well as mass propagation of this medical plant.

This experiments were carried out to find out the effects of different explant materials, kinds and concentration of plant growth regulators on the in vitro regeneration of Iris pseudoacorus L. The effects of growth regulators on regeneration from three explant sources (root, rhizome and leaf) were more or less same. Explants produced only callus with 2,4-D treatment and other regulators had no effects. The highest frequency of callus induction (rhizome: 84%) was on MS media supplemented with 1.0 mg/L 2,4-D. For plant regeneration, when calli were transferred to the first media supplemented with 1.0 mg/L BA and 1.0 mg/L 2,4- D. Regenerated plants were successfully acclimatized in soil containing a mixture of vermiculite : perlite : leafmold (1 : 1 : 1), and their survival was high.