Development of a PVS2 droplet vitrification method for potato cryopreservation

• Published in: Cryo-Letters Vol. 35; no. 3; p. 255
• Main Authors: Panta, A, Panis, B, Ynouye, C, Swennew, R, Roca, W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Cryopreservation - methods; Cryoprotective Agents - metabolism; Dimethyl Sulfoxide - metabolism; Plant Shoots - physiology; Solanum tuberosum - physiology; Sucrose - metabolism; Vitrification

CIP maintains the largest in vitro clonal potato collection in the world, comprising 4,013 landraces and 3,353 improved accessions. The in vitro technology is more efficient and secure than conservation in the field, allowing in vitro plantlets to be stored for approximately 2 years without sub-cult...