The market for ornamental plants is growing every year, becoming an important part of the
economy. Every year hundreds of new cultivars, replacing the current assortment, are …

Orchids (Orchidaceae) are one of the most diverse plant groups on the planet with over
25,000 species. For over a century, scientists and horticulturalists have been fascinated by …

Simple Summary The protection of biodiversity, ie, the biological variety and variability of life
on Earth, is of great importance for the present and future generations. Maintaining variation …

Premise of research. Orchids are among the most enigmatic of plant species. Yet the
Orchidaceae comprises more species at risk of extinction than any other plant family. The …

The application of cryopreservation to plants is relatively recent as the first report of
successful cryopreservation was published by Sakai in 1960 with silver birch twigs, and in …

Cryogenic storage techniques have been developed and adopted for more than 100 (mainly
agricultural) plant species worldwide, and within Australia, at least 30 critically endangered …

Orchids are lush and highly valuable plants due to their diversity and the beauty of their
flowers, which increases their commercialization. The family Orchidaceae comprises …

Aa achalensis is an endangered terrestrial orchid endemic from Argentina. In vitro symbiotic
seed germination was evaluated for its propagation. Five different fungal strains were …

Today, the conservation of ornamental germplasm can take advantage of innovative
techniques which allow preservation in vitro (slow growth storage) or in liquid nitrogen …

Orchids constitute the largest and most diverse group of flowering plants and are classified
in Orchidaceae. Exhibiting significance as the most exotic and ubiquitous flowering plants …