C. roseus is sexually propagated that tends to show genetic heterozygosity and synthesizes nonuniform yield of
dimeric alkaloid.
The in vitro techniques have long been attempted in order to improve the content involving several in vtiro plant tissues including SEs. The capacity for somatic embryogenesis is a remarkable property of plant cells. It is the process by which somatic cells develop into embryo through characteristic morphological stages (globular, heart, torpedo and cotyledonary) leading to the complete plantlet. Somatic embryogenesis offers an alternative and efficient means of plant multiplication, this technique shows unlimited potential in producing clones to be used for secondary metabolite production [2] and it can also produce transgenic en masse [3].