Abstract The US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS),
National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) plant collections are a critical source of genetic …

Methodology for plant germplasm cryopreservation was created in the 1970s, expanded in
the 1980s, and implemented at the end of the 20th century. Translating experimental …

Vegetatively propagated fruit, vegetables, or forestry related crops are important in the
agriculture of every country. Maintaining the genetic diversity of these crops is more …

For the past 20 years scientists have talked about the promise of using cryopreservation as a
long-term storage technique (Withers 1980, 1991; Engelmann 1991). Now cryopreservation …

Germplasm conservation is an important goal in the preservation of genetic diversity.
Conventional methods, such as field and seed conservation, are used for most crops …

It has been amply stated that preservation of germplasm is important not only for plant
improvement and utilization for food, fiber, medicinal and forest crops, but also for …

The indiscriminate clearing of forests and agricultural land has led to the depeletion of the
naturally occurring reservoirs of plant germplasm. About 20000 species of higher plants are …

Biotechnology has brought about a revolution in the way that plant genetic resources can be
utilized. Clonal crops cover a wide range of species from the root and tuber crops, such as …

Research in slow-growth and cryopreservation, storage at liquid nitrogen temperatures, has
greatly advanced in the last decade. These storage procedures are now defined for many …

Today, application of in vitro culture by means of slow growth storage of shoot cultures and
cryopreservation of organs, tissues and cells in liquid nitrogen presents a remarkable …