Increase in Freezing Resistance of Excised Shoot Tips of Asparagus officinalis L. by Preculture on Sugar-Rich Media

Cryobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 264-275

  Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Kaneko, Manabu ^a   Harada, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0345982203     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1997.2004     Document Type: Article

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