“…In the present study, we have used capitulum explants to develop a micropropagation protocol for this commercially important cultivar. Although, earlier attempts have been made for micropropagation of gerbera using capitulum (Pierik;Steegmans;Marelis, 1973;Pierik, 1975;Tyagi;Kothari, 2004;Ray;Saha;Roy, 2005;Mohammed;Özzambak, 2007;Chakrabarty;Datta, 2008;Askari Rabori;Fotouhi Ghazvini, 2009;Bhatia et al, 2009Bhatia et al, , 2011Bhatia et al, , 2012Fakhrfeshani et al, 2012;Shylaja et al, 2014;Gautam et al, 2017;Rashmi et al, 2018;Talla et al, 2019;Yuniarto;Soehendi, 2020). It is also essential to optimize the conditions for acclimatization and flowering potential of micropropagated plants in the field condition (Cardoso et al, 2013).…”