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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
A simple protocol for cryopreservation of zygotic embryos of ten accessions of coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)
In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant, Volume 48, No. 2, Year 2012
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Description
A simple and efficient cryopreservation protocol for coconut zygotic embryos has been developed. Embryos were inoculated in Petri dishes on medium containing 3.2 M glucose, which were placed in hermetically closed containers containing 80 or 160 g silica gel for 48 or 24 h. Moisture content of embryos at the end of this treatment varied between 0.25 and 0.65 g g -1 DW, depending on the accession. Embryos were then transferred for cryopreservation by rapid immersion of cryotubes in liquid nitrogen. After rapid re-warming, embryos were transferred to culture medium containing Eeuwens mineral elements for germination. This protocol was applied to ten accessions representative of coconut genetic diversity, with germination percentages of cryopreserved embryos between 13.7% and 74.7%. © 2012 The Society for In Vitro Biology.
Authors & Co-Authors
N'Nan, Oulo
France, Montpellier
Diversité, Adaptation et Développement Des Plantes
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Université de Cocody-abidjan
Borges, M.
Cuba, Havana
Universidad de Granma
Konan, Jean Louïs
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Centre National de Recherche Agronomique Abidjan
Hocher, Valérie
France, Montpellier
Diversité, Adaptation et Développement Des Plantes
Verdeil, Jean Luc
France, Montpellier
Amélioration Génétique et Adaptation Des Plantes Méditerranéennes et Tropicales Agap
Tregear, James W.
France, Montpellier
Diversité, Adaptation et Développement Des Plantes
N’Guetta, Assanvo Simon Pierre
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Université de Cocody-abidjan
Engelmann, Florent
France, Montpellier
Diversité, Adaptation et Développement Des Plantes
Italy, Rome
Bioversity International
Malaurie, Bernard
France, Montpellier
Diversité, Adaptation et Développement Des Plantes
Statistics
Citations: 9
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s11627-012-9425-4
ISSN:
10545476
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics