Desiccation, cryopreservation and water relations parameters of white spruce (Picea glauca) and interior spruce (Picea glauca x engelmannii complex) somatic embryos

Tree Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 1303-1310

  Percy, Robin E L ^a   Livingston, Nigel J ^a   Moran, Jonathan A ^a   Von Aderkas, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conifers; Drying; Germination; Growth; Relative water content; Somatic embryogenesis; Survival; Tissue culture; Water potential; Water release

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; DESICCATION; EMBRYO; SURVIVAL; WATER RELATIONS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DESICCATION; PINE; PLANT SEED; TREE;

CRYOPRESERVATION; DESICCATION; PINUS; SEEDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREES; WATER;

EID: 0035543297     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/21.18.1303     Document Type: Article

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