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Cryopreservation of plantlet nodes of Dioscorea opposita Thunb. using a vitrification method.
Cryo letters - 1 Jan 2000
Li Mingjun, Zhao Xiting, Hong Senrong, Zhang Xiaoli, Li Ping, Liu Jun, Xie Conghua
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A cryopreservation method by vitrification was developed for long-term storage of Dioscorea opposita Thunb., a valuable native medicinal plant species in Henan Province of China. The cryopreservation protocol was established with cultivar B and evaluated with another four cultivars, Tiegun, 47, Taigu and Huaiqing 1. The results showed that nodes with a bud excised from 60 d plantlets were desirable for the...
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