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Endogenous polyamine content during in vivo maturation and in vitro culture of maize pollen

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Changes in polyamine content during in vivo maturation and in vitro culture of maize (Zea mays L.) pollen were studied. The endogenous content of free, conjugated and bound polyamines was analyzed during 30 days of pollen evolution, in both developmental pathways (microsporogenesis and androgenesis). The induction of androgenesis from cold-pretreated uninucleate pollen results, in most of cases, in a lower total polyamine content than that of the in vivo uninucleate pollen. These differences indicate that polyamine metabolism is altered during the induction of androgenesis, and this could be a consequence of increased polyamine assimilation. In general, pollen stages that involve cell division (tetrades, pre-anthesis pollen and four-day cultured pollen) are characterized by a predominance of free Spd. The increase of Spd and Spm in 15-day cultured pollen, when the first embryoids are formed, outline the possible implication of these polyamines in embryogenetic processes. Furthermore, these findings may contribute to the improvement of maize androgenesis yield, especially in recalcitrant genotypes, by the exogenous application of polyamines or polyamine-inhibitors to the culture medium.

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Abbreviations

PAs:

polyamines

Put:

putrescine

Spd:

spermidine

Spm:

spermine

S:

free polyamine fraction

SH:

conjugated polyamine fraction

PH:

bound polyamine fraction

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Santos, M., Boget, N. & Torne, J.M. Endogenous polyamine content during in vivo maturation and in vitro culture of maize pollen. Plant Growth Regul 16, 19–26 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00040503

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