Cryopreservation is a safe approach for the long-term preservation of plant genetic
resources that complements traditional field and in vitro germplasm collections. There are …

This review analyzes methods for controlling plant viral infection. The high harmfulness of
viral diseases and the peculiarities of viral pathogenesis impose special requirements …

Certain viruses dramatically affect yield and quality of potatoes and have proved difficult to
eradicate with current approaches. Here, we describe a reliable and efficient virus …

Grapevine (Vitis spp.) is one of the most economically important temperate fruit crops.
Grapevine breeding programs require access to high-quality Vitis cultivars and wild species …

Virus and viroid-free apple rootstocks are necessary for large-scale nursery propagation of
apple (Malus domestica) trees. Apple stem grooving virus (ASGV) and Apple chlorotic leaf …

Diseases caused by plant pathogens such as viruses, viroids and phytoplasmas cause huge
economic losses of agricultural production and limit the safe movement of plant materials …

Sustainable production of pome fruit crops is dependent upon having virus-free planting
materials. The production and distribution of plants derived from virus-and viroid-negative …

Viral diseases affect quince plant productivity and fruit quality. This study evaluated the
effectiveness of droplet-vitrification cryotherapy and thermotherapy methods in the …

The availability of and easy access to diverse Vitis species are prerequisites for advances in
breeding programs. Plant genebanks usually maintain collections of Vitis taxa as field …

In general, in vitro virus elimination is based on the culture of isolated meristem, and in
addition thermotherapy, chemotherapy, electrotherapy, and cryotherapy can also be …