%0 Journal Article
%T Influence of polyamines on shoot regeneration of sugarcane (Saccharum officinalis. L)
%A CU Shankar
%A A Ganapathy
%A M Manickavasagam
%J Egyptian Journal of Biology
%D 2011
%I Egyptian British Biological Society
%X We studied the effect of polyamines (spermidine, putrescine and spermine) along with benzyladenine, kinetin and napthaleneacetic acid on multiple shoot regeneration of sugarcane. Murashige & Skoog medium containing a combination of benzyladenine (8.3 ¦ÌM), kinetin (4.6 ¦ÌM), napthaleneacetic acid (2.6 ¦ÌM) and spermidine (68 ¦ÌM) induced the maximum number of shoots (42 shoots/explant) compared to benzyladenine (8.3 ¦ÌM), kinetin (4.6 ¦ÌM) or napthaleneacetic acid (2.6 ¦ÌM) alone or with putrecine (68 ¦ÌM), spermine (32 ¦ÌM) or combinations of polyamines. Plantlets raised were successfully transplanted in soil with a 90% survival rate.
%U http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejb/article/view/70976