Effects of Polyamines on In Vitro Conservation of Vanilla planifoiia (Salisb.) Ames

Abstract

Vanilla planifolia, atropical orchid, belongs to the family Orchidaceae. It is grown for its fruits that yield vanilla flavour used in food, beverages and ice creams etc. Although, seed setting occurs in Vanilla but the seed viability is very low, therefore, it is propagated vegetatively through cuttings. Plantlet regeneration via callus (Davidonis and Knorr, 1991; Philip and Nainar,1986) and without callus in V. planifolia has been reported