Exploring the use of DMSO and ascorbic acid to promote shoot development by excised embryonic axes of recalcitrant seeds

Cryo-Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-174

  Naidoo, Cassandra ^a   Benson, Erica ^a,b   Berjak, Patricia ^a   Goveia, Meagan ^a   Pammenter, N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Damar Research Scientists   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ascorbic acid; Cryopreservation; Desiccation sensitive; DMSO; Excision injury; Me2so; Oxidative stress; Protorhus; Recalcitrant seeds; ROS; Trichilia

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; COTYLEDON; CRYOPRESERVATION; DESICCATION; DRUG EFFECT; MELIACEAE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASCORBIC ACID; COTYLEDON; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DESICCATION; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MELIACEAE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

TRICHILIA; TRICHILIA DREGEANA; TRICHILIA EMETICA;

EID: 79957855869     PISSN: 01432044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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