Conservation technologies for safeguarding and restoring threatened flora: Case studies from Eastern Australia

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-109

  Ashmore, Sarah E ^a   Hamilton, Kim N ^a,b   Offord, Catherine A ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Botanic Gardens Trust   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Ex situ conservation; In vitro culture; Rainforest seeds; Recalcitrant seeds

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; DAVIDSONIA; FILICOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; SYZYGIUM; WOLLEMIA NOBILIS;

EID: 79952044726     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-010-9320-9     Document Type: Review

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