Cryopreservation of embryogenic cultures of Picea mariana (black spruce) using vitrification

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 118-124

  Touchell, D H ^a   Chiang, V L ^a   Tsai, C J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Picea mariana; Somatic embryogenesis; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; GLYCEROL; NITROGEN;

EMBRYOGENIC CULTURES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 0036923122     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-002-0490-8     Document Type: Article

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