The effects of various parameters during processing for cryopreservation on the ultrastructure and viability of recalcitrant zygotic embryos of Amaryllis belladonna

Protoplasma

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-169

  Sershen, ^a   Berjak, Patricia ^a   Pammenter, N W ^a   Wesley Smith, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amaryllis belladonna; Cooling rate; Cryoprotection; Drying rate; Embryo; Monocotyledonae; Recalcitrant seed; Water content

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLYCEROL; SUCROSE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL WALL; CRYOPRESERVATION; DESICCATION; DRUG EFFECT; FREEZE DRYING; HISTOLOGY; LILIACEAE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PLANT SEED; PLASTID; TISSUE SURVIVAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL WALL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DESICCATION; FREEZE DRYING; GLYCEROL; LILIACEAE; MITOCHONDRIA; PLASTIDS; SEEDS; SUCROSE; TISSUE SURVIVAL; VACUOLES; WATER;

AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA; ATROPA BELLADONNA;

EID: 84855329626     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-011-0274-5     Document Type: Article

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