Evaluation of a modified encapsulation-dehydration procedure incorporating sucrose pretreatments for the cryopreservation of Ribes germplasm

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-436

  Reed, Barbara M ^a   Schumacher, Laura ^a   Dumet, Dominique ^b,c   Benson, Erica E ^b  

^a USDA ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black currant; Conservation; Gene bank; Gooseberry; Liquid nitrogen

Indexed keywords

RIBES; RIBES HUDSONIANUM;

EID: 24644504203     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2005664     Document Type: Article

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