Pear seeds retain viability after liquid nitrogen immersion

HortScience

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1121-1122

  Reed, B M ^a   Schwanke, S ^a   Shala, R ^a  

^a USDA ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Germination; Liquid nitrogen; Pyrus; Seed viability; TZ

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTIVAR; DESICCATION; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE; LIQUID NITROGEN; MOISTURE; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; SEED TREATMENT; SEED VIABILITY; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM; VAPOR;

GREENHOUSES; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; VAPORS;

LIQUID NITROGEN IMMERSION;

SEED;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0035189913     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.36.6.1121     Document Type: Article

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