Cryopreservation of shoot-tips by droplet vitrification applicable to all taro (Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta) accessions

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-111

  Sant, Rajnesh ^a   Panis, Bart ^b   Taylor, Mary ^c   Tyagi, Anand ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Secretariat of the Pacific Community   (Fiji)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Droplet vitrification; Shoot tips; Taro

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN; SUGAR (SUCROSE); THERMAL EFFECTS; VITRIFICATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; DROPLET VITRIFICATION; SHOOT TIPS; TARO;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 36749088442     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-007-9302-8     Document Type: Article

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