Survival and recovery of asparagus shoot tips after cryopreservation using the “droplet” method

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-287

  Mix Wagner, G ^a   Conner, A J ^b   Cross, R J ^b  

^a Institute for Crop and Soil Science   (Germany)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asparagus officinalisL; Cryopreservation; Droplet; Genebanks; In vitro culture; Method

Indexed keywords

CLONE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; CULTIVAR; GENOTYPE; LIQUID NITROGEN; PLANT REGENERATION; SHOOT GROWTH; SHOOT TIP CULTURE; SURVIVAL;

ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0034463641     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1997.9514150     Document Type: Article

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