Cryoconservation of South African plant genetic diversity

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-81

  Berjak, Patricia ^a   Bartels, Paul ^b   Benson, Erica E ^a,b,c,d   Harding, Keith ^a,b,c,d   Mycock, David J ^c   Pammenter, Norman W ^a   Sershen, ^a   Wesley Smith, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Damar Research Scientists   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biobanking; Cryopreservation; Ecosystems; Genetic resources; Indigenous; Recalcitrant; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952070227     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-010-9317-4     Document Type: Review

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