Establishment of the honey crop (Stevia rebaudiana) in hot semi arid climate.

Stevia rebaudianaisnative plant of tropical climate of Brazil and Paraguay. Its leaves produce a sweetener -stevioside which is 150-300 times sweeter than cane sugar. An attempt is made to grow this plant in hot semi arid climate of Lahore region of Pakistan through tissueculture technique .A completely randomized design was used for the experiment with three replicates. The data was analyzed by applying on