Cryopreservation of dormant buds from temperate fruit crops to optimise working collection resources

TY - GEN

T1 - Cryopreservation of dormant buds from temperate fruit crops to optimise working collection resources

AU - Vogiatzi, Christina

AU - Grout, Brian William Wilson

AU - Toldam-Andersen, Torben Bo

AU - Green, J.

PY - 2011/9/30

Y1 - 2011/9/30

N2 - The water content of dormant Malus buds is comparable throughout the stages of the cryopreservation protocol, regardless of whether they come from cultivars that survive cryopreservation well or poorly. However, thermal analysis of dehydrated and frozen/thawed buds suggests that the distribution of water within them is different, with those from cultivars that recover poorly from cryopreservation retaining a greater bulk volume of freezable water (estimated by simple thermal analysis [STA]) than tolerant cultivars. Implications for the design of successful cryopreservation protocols for dormant buds are discussed.

AB - The water content of dormant Malus buds is comparable throughout the stages of the cryopreservation protocol, regardless of whether they come from cultivars that survive cryopreservation well or poorly. However, thermal analysis of dehydrated and frozen/thawed buds suggests that the distribution of water within them is different, with those from cultivars that recover poorly from cryopreservation retaining a greater bulk volume of freezable water (estimated by simple thermal analysis [STA]) than tolerant cultivars. Implications for the design of successful cryopreservation protocols for dormant buds are discussed.

M3 - Conference article

SN - 0567-7572

VL - 908

SP - 477

EP - 482

JO - Acta Horticulturae

JF - Acta Horticulturae

ER -