Water status and thermal analysis of alginate beads used in cryopreservation of plant germplasm

Cryobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-72

  Block, William ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alginate beads; Cryopreservation; Desiccation; Differential scanning calorimetry; Encapsulation; Osmotic dehydration; Polymerisation; Thermal analysis; Vitrification; Water content

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEHYDRATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; GERMPLASM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042831401     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2240(03)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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