H. Gniazdowskaskoczek et al., THE INFLUENCE OF EXOGENOUS SPERMIDINE ON POLYSOMES AND RNASE ACTIVITYIN WHEAT LEAVES UNDER WATER-STRESS CONDITIONS, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 63(1), 1994, pp. 25-28
It was found that spermidine (5mM) delivered to wheat seedlings throug
h their roots prior to water stress affected the state of polysomes an
d ribosomes under water stress conditions, which was manifested in sta
bilization of 80 S ribosomes and in reduction of polysome fraction. Be
sides, it was observed that pretreatement with spermidine decreases RN
ase activity in plants exposed to water stress.