<![CDATA[Modern civilization, Industrialization and the population explosion has shrunken forests as well as the landavailable for cultivation in our country which has badly affected the availability of medicinal plants asthe quantity of medicinal plants is reduced the quality also is compromised. The green revolution wasbrought about by the use of chemical treatments on the seeds, plants, used of the pesticides and chemicalmanures. It would be worthwhile to study whether similar pattern can be employed to increase the no. ofplants and their quality in the field of cultivation of medicinal plants. Although, plant breeding appears tobe the principal way of improvement, and can give good results in terms of resistance to pathogens, activecomponent content and yield; the agronomical and the technological approaches are also very important.An agronomical method to improve the quality & quantity of the plants includes treatments of seeds & thegrowing plants with Bio-engineered herbal products along with the use of organic manures. The scientistin the field of botany and agriculture have developed some method of quality enhancing by treating seeds,seedlings or young shoots or buds in plant breeding with some suitable chemical treatments. These methodhave given satisfactory results in the form of increase in the yield. Hoping that the quality also improvesit would be worthwhile to grow medicinal plants on the similar lines. The relevant literature reveals thatColchicine treatment on seeds or seedling or emerging buds for quality enhancing of medicinal plants willbe worth studying]]>
