Cryopreservation of embryogenic callus

This book was developed to aid in the use of cryopreservation techniques throughout the world for the conservation of all forms of plant biodiversity. It is hoped that this volume will provide the step-by-step instructions needed to transfer cryopreservation technology to general plant biology laboratories that might make use of these protocols to store important plant materials. The protocols presented were tested on a range of genotypes and should be suitable for storing additional materials. By using the complete and tested protocols, laboratories will have a starting point and may only need to make slight modifications before storing their vulnerable plant materials. This volume is divided into two parts. The first section introduces the cryopreservation and the main techniques used. The second section combines literature reviews of plant groups with defined step-by-step protocols.