In Vitro Propagation and Cryopreservation of Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 8495
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biodiversity conservation; cryopreservation; plant biotechnology
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Dear Colleagues,
Call upon the importance of plant biodiversity for humankind and their threatening level. Cryopreservation, the storing of biological samples in liquid nitrogen (LN), can offer valuable options for non-orthodox seeds, vegetatively propagated species, and cell cultures. In vitro propagation is also helpful for preparing plant materials for cryopreservation, especially threatened wild species. Moreover, as is common sense among cryobiologists, the success of cryopreservation depends on the vigor of plant materials provided by the in vitro culture and the regrowth protocol. In the era of cryobanking germplasm collections of food and agriculture, we still need to develop cryo-biotechnology through principle studies, systematic approaches, and practical applications. Since cryopreservation is a multidisciplinary process, approaches for tuning the whole process or focusing on specific stages, i.e., plant material preparation, pre-LN, cooling/rewarming and unloading, post-LN regrowth, etc., are welcome. This Special Issue of Plants will highlight all aspects of in vitro propagation and cryopreservation technologies to solve plant conservation problems.
Prof. Dr. Haeng-hoon Kim
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Keywords: Breeding; cryoconservation; Humulus lupulus; pollination; Solanum tuberosum; variety
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