Cryopreservation of Malus cultivars: Comparison of two droplet protocols

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-392

  Halmagyi, Adela ^a   Deliu, Constantin ^a   Isac, Valentina ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Romania)

^b Research Institute for Fruit Growing   (Romania)

Author keywords

Apple; Cryopreservation; Genetic resources; Long term storage

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC RESOURCE; ORCHARD; STORAGE;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77249171692     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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