Use of biotechnologies for the conservation of plant biodiversity

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-16

  Engelmann, Florent ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crops; Cryopreservation; Germplasm conservation; In vitro collecting; Rare and endangered species; Slow growth storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952067749     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-010-9327-2     Document Type: Review

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