South Africa has a rich flora which exhibits among the highest species density in the world,
distributed across nine biomes that support an impressive diversity of animal life. However, a …

En la actualidad el ritmo de pérdida de la diversidad biológica a nivel mundial supera el
acontecido en períodos anteriores. Las especies vegetales sufren los efectos del cambio …

Globe artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) is a vegetable crop native of the Mediterranean basin
and it is grown mainly for its immature flower buds. The edible parts of artichoke have …

The objective of this work was to evaluate the large-scale propagation of grapevine
genotypes after short-term storage in vitro. Microshoots from ten grapevine genotypes were …

The long-term preservation of forest genetic resources is a vital part of preserving our forest
crops for future generations. Unfortunately, there are few genebanks dedicated to forest …

Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is
used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by …

In this study, the efficiency of three vitrification-based cryopreservation techniques, ie
vitrification, encapsulation-vitrification and droplet-vitrification were compared for …

Background A protocol for the micropropagation of the grape (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivar
'Monastrell'was developed. Initial plant material was obtained from the sanitary selection of …

Conservation of plant biodiversity can be accomplished in many ways. Tropical plants often
cannot be stored as seeds and must be conserved as growing plants. These plants are at …

Cryopreservation is employed for long-term conservation of plant biodiversity including
species with recalcitrant and intermediate seeds, vegetatively propagated plants, rare and …