smirnovia iranica (sabeti) synonym: smirnovia turkestana (bunge) is a deciduous perennial bushy species of the fabaceae (papilionaceae) family. the species grow on sand dunes of desert areas, having a deep vertical root and very long horizontal or lateral roots. they have an important role in natural vegetation of desert and sand dune stabilization. limited growing areas, grazing due to good pa...

We report the development of a cryopreservation protocol for the endemic Western Australian plant species Loxocarya cinerea (Restionaceae). Shoot tips from two genotypes, SXH404 and SXH804, were cryopreserved using the droplet-vitrification technique. Control explants, which were cryoprotected, but not cooled, showed regeneration for both genotypes (SXH404, 22.1 +/- 5.9%; SXH804, 67.7 +/- 9.6%)...

ABSTRACT Aroeira-do-sertão is a Brazilian native species that has been widely explored. Thus, the population of this reduced and techniques for its preservation are essential, such as conservation seeds in liquid nitrogen (LN). The objective work was to evaluate different cryoprotectant solutions cryopreservation aroeira-do-sertão LN (-196 °C). treatments used were: control (7.5±1.5 °C); withou...

Shoot tips of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in vitro plantlets were successfully cryopreserved using the encapsulation-vitrification technique. Nodal cuttings of 5 mm length with one leaf were cultured on modified MS medium in Petri dishes (90 mm x 20 mm) for about 28 days. Excised shoot tips were precultured on sucrose enriched (0.3 M) medium for 16 h, encapsulated and osmoprotected with ...

Friable embryogenic tissue (FET) of oil palm was successfully cryopreserved by vitrification. After preconditioning the tissue on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 0.25 M sucrose for 7 days, FET was dehydrated for 60 min at 0°C with a highly concentrated vitrification solution (PVS2) and plunged directly into liquid nitrogen gave the highest percentage of somatic embryo (SE) for...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the importance of the preculture conditions on the survival of apple (Malus domestica Borkh., cv. Romus4 and rootstock M106) shoot tips cryopreserved using a combined droplet vitrification procedure. Preculture was critical for the survival of apple shoot tips after cryopreservation. Among the different tested sugars and sugar alcohols (glucose, s...