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Abstract
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Recent decades have seen a rise in the use of herbal medicines because greater awareness has been gained about the harmful effects of chemical drugs and the compatibility of herbal medicines with the human body. The high added value of medicinal plants has led to a growing number of people wanting to grow these plants today. In order for producers to succeed in this field, it is important to understand their ecological needs, the stages of cultivation, storage, and harvesting ]1[. Breeding, domestication, and propagation of native plants can benefit physiological factors, secondary metabolites, and plant performance by understanding their ecological needs ]2[. Today, many species of medicinal plants are on the verge of extinction. Identifying the correct method of propagation of these plants and its standardization is very important in the propagation of medicinal plants ]3[. Sexual propagation through seeds in medicinal plants, which is done in two ways, direct and indirect (seedlings), can be considered by medicinal plant producers due to its cheapness, easy handling, the possibility of long-term storage, and reduction of transmission of viral diseases. It has disadvantages such as the separation of traits (especially in another-pollination plants), the presence of long dormancy in some seeds, and the long period of germination. Therefore, today, asexual propagation is of interest, with the aim of producing plants similar to the genetic structure of the mother plant [4]. Increasing the population of medicinal plants through the propagation of cuttings is an immediate and productive method in which genetic recombination does not occur and leads to the mass production of plants, especially for species of medicinal plants whose seeds have dormancy or have a short lifespan ]5[. A number of studies have emphasized the threat to rare and sensitive plants and plant biodiversity in general caused by the indiscriminate harvesting of medicinal plants in wild habitats. There
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