Chrysanthemum commonly known as Gul-e-Daudi or Autumn Queen belongs to
the family Compositeae (Asteraceae). It is highly valued as a cut flower worldwide with its diverse
floral types and colors. Today, it is the world's second most economically important floricultural crop
following the rose. Also, chrysanthemums have an ancient reputation in the East as a medicinal plant.
It is generally propagated using suckers and terminal cuttings, these conventional propagating
methods are very slow. Chrysanthemums are susceptible to infection by many viruses These
problems have been solved by applying micropropagation methodsThe objectives of this study were
to establish a protocol for mass and commercial propagation of Chrysanthemum.
