Cryopreservation of seeds of four coffee species (Coffea arabica, C. costatifructa, C. racemosa and C. sessiliflora): Importance of water content and cooling rate

Seed Science Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-15

  Dussert, Stéphane ^a   Chabriliange, Nathalie ^a   Engelmann, Florent ^b   Anthony, François ^c   Louarn, Jacques ^d   Hamon, Serge ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Maccarese   (Italy)

^c CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^d Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Coffea; Cooling rate; Cryopreservation; Desiccation; Genetic resources; Seeds

Indexed keywords

COFFEA COSTATIFRUCTA; COFFEA RACEMOSA; COFFEA SESSIFLORA; COFFEE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DESSICATION; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COFFEA; COFFEA ARABICA; COFFEA COSTATIFRUCTA; COFFEA RACEMOSA; COFFEA SESSILIFLORA;

EID: 0031967617     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s096025850000386x     Document Type: Article

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