Cryopreservation of coffee zygotic embryos: dehydration and osmotic rehydration

ABSTRACT Conservation of plant genetic resources is important to prevent genetic erosion. Seed banks are the most common method of ex situ conservation; however, coffee seeds can not be stored by conventional methods. Cryopreservation is a viable alternative for long-term conservation of species tha...

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Main Authors: Maísa de Siqueira Pinto, Renato Paiva, Diogo Pedrosa Corrêa da Silva, Paulo Augusto Almeida Santos, Rodrigo Therezan de Freitas, Luciano Coutinho Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Lavras
Series:Ciência e Agrotecnologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542016000400380&lng=en&tlng=en