Cryopreservation of shoot tips and meristems: An overview of contemporary methodologies

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 877, Issue , 2012, Pages 191-226

  Benson, Erica E ^a   Harding, Keith ^a  

^a Damar ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryoprotection; Cryostorage; In vitro gene bank; Standard operating procedures

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; LIQUID NITROGEN;

COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENCAPSULATION; FREEZING; MERISTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; SHOOT; SHOOT TIP; SHOOT TIP CULTURE; TOXICITY TESTING; VITRIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

CRYOPRESERVATION; MERISTEM; PLANT SHOOTS;

EID: 84865966152     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-818-4_16     Document Type: Chapter

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