Potato Shoot Tip Cryopreservation. A Review

Potato Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-79

  Kaczmarczyk, Anja ^a,c   Rokka, Veli Matti ^b   Keller, E R Joachim ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c IPK Gatersleben   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Genetic stability; Long term preservation; Solanum; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79951811041     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: 18714528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11540-010-9169-7     Document Type: Review

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