Does pre-culture in sugar-rich media affect carbohydrate content and post-thawing recovery rate of cryopreserved potato (Solanum phureja) shoot tips?

Shoot tips of Potato (Solanum phureja) were cryopreserved with the encapsulation-dehydration method, including: coating of shoot tips in calcium alginate beads, pre-culture in a solution containing 0.75 M of sugar (0.1 M of sucrose +0.65 M of another cryoprotectant sugar), and dehydration (for 4.5 h...

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Main Authors: Samia Bissati, Saliha Boudjenah, Christiane Morisset, Haroun Chenchouni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364720300471