A cryopreservation protocol for embryos of the endangered species Zizania texana

Cryo-Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 291-298

  Walters, Christina ^a   Touchell, Darren H ^a   Power, Paula ^b   Wesley Smith, James ^c   Antolin, Michael F ^d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b San Marcos Natl Fish Hat/Tec Ctr   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Desiccation tolerance; Embryo; Recalcitrant; Vitrification; Wildrice; Zizania

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DESICCATION; POACEAE; SEEDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

ZIZANIA; ZIZANIA TEXANA;

EID: 0036762822     PISSN: 01432044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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