Cryopreservation of Cassava Micropropagules using simple slow freezing and vitrification techniques

Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 415-420

  Danso, K E ^a   Ford Lloyd, B V ^b  

^a Ghana Atomic Energy Commission   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryogenic calli; Shoot tips; Slow freezing; Somatic embryos; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CALLUS FORMATION; COOLING RATES; CRYO-PRESERVATION; CRYOPRESERVED; EMBRYOGENIC CALLI; EMBRYOGENIC CALLUS; EMBRYOGENIC COMPETENCE; EMBRYOGENIC CULTURES; GENETIC RESOURCES; LONG-TERM CONSERVATION; MANIHOT ESCULENTA CRANTZ; POST-THAW VIABILITY; PRECULTURE; SHOOT TIPS; SLOW COOLING; SOMATIC EMBRYO; SUCROSE CONCENTRATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; FREEZING; LIQUID NITROGEN; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGAR (SUCROSE); THAWING;

VITRIFICATION;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 80053598520     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2011.415.420     Document Type: Article

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