Role of Polyamines in Somatic Embryogenesis

Authors

Subhash C. Minocha, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
Rakesh Minocha, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

Abstract

The aliphatic amines putrescine, spermidine, and spermine are present in all living organisms. Since the demonstration of “an essential nutritional function” for putrescine in the bacterium Hemophilus parainfluenzae (Herbst and Snell 1948), polyamines have attracted a great deal of attention from workers in diverse fields of the life sciences. The first reports of the existence of putrescine in plants date back to 1911 (see Smith 1991 for a historical summary).

Department

Biological Sciences

Publication Date

1-1-1995

Journal Title

Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03091-2_5

Document Type

Book Chapter

Recommended Citation

Minocha, S.C., Minocha, R. (1995). Role of Polyamines in Somatic Embryogenesis. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed I. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03091-2_5

Rights

© 1995 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg