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The long-term storage and maintenance of viable plant cells and organs is an area of active concern across the range of pure and applied plant sciences. In academic, government and commercial laboratories, the extended storage of propagules of one sort or another, with maximum protection of the genome from mutation and altered expression, is often a very necessary activity that can draw heavily on resources and effort. However, preservation per se is typically not an activity in its own right, but a facilitating technology that is part of a larger programme of work. Consequently, there are many laboratories that do not have the benefit of a specialist in storage technology, and have to delegate the responsibility to individuals, or teams, who are faced with a daunting learning curve. To maximise the chances of success, in the shortest possible time and with minimum losses, these researchers need sources of reference that are au­ thoritative and soundly based in practical experience.

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Author:   Brian Grout
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   1995 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9783642489686

ISBN 10:   3642489680
Pages:   169
Publication Date:   01 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction to the in Vitro Preservation of Plant Cells, Tissues and Organs.- 1.1 Storage Techniques.- 1.2 Principles of Cryogenic Storage.- References.- 2 Minimal Growth Storage.- 2.1 Growth at Reduced Temperature.- 2.2 The Addition of Inhibitory Growth Regulators.- 2.3 The Addition of Osmotic Regulators.- 2.4 Combined Treatment.- References.- 3 Cryopreservation of Protoplast, Suspension and Callus Cultures.- 3.1 General Practical Considerations.- 3.2 Protoplast Cryopreservation by Slow Cooling.- 3.3 Cryopreservation of Cell Suspension Cultures by Slow Cooling.- 3.4 Cryopreservation of Callus Cultures by Slow Cooling.- References.- 4 Cryopreservation of Excised Meristems, Shoot Tips and Somatic Embryos.- 4.1 Meristem/Shoot-Tip Cryopreservation by Slow Cooling.- 4.2 Meristem/Shoot-Tip Cryopreservation by Rapid Cooling.- 4.3 Cryopreservation of Somatic Embryos by Dry Freezing.- 4.4 Cryopreservation of Somatic Embryos by Rapid Cooling.- 4.5 Cryopreservation of Somatic Embryos Following Dessication.- References.- 5 Storage of Free Pollen, Pollen Embryos and the Zygotic Embryos of Seed by Cryopreservation and Freeze Drying.- 5.1 Freezing Drying of Pollen.- 5.2 Pollen Cryopreservation.- 5.3 Cryopreservation of Pollen Embryos.- 5.4 Cryopreservation of Excised Zygotic Embryos.- References.- 6 Conservation of Algae.- 6.1 Serial Subculture.- 6.2 Cryopreservation.- References.- 7 Cryopreservation by Vitrification.- 7.1 Vitrification of Shoot Tips.- 7.2 Encapsulation/Dehydration Method.- 7.3 Vitrification of Cells and Protoplasts.- 7.4 Further Experiments.- References.- 8 Biochemical and Molecular Methods for Assessing Damage, Recovery and Stability in Cryopreserved Plant Germplasm.- A Biochemical Methods.- B Molecular Methods.- References.

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Each chapter is written as a hands-on practical guide and presents procedures that can be adapted to individual laboratory conditions and modified to best suit the particular material being preserved. Bioscope

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