CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) · 1990 · 101 citations · 0 references
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AgriculturePlant BiologyPlant SciencesGermplasm EvaluationPlant BiochemistryGermplasm CharacterizationGermplasm CollectionGermplasm ConservationGermplasm ResourcesFree Radical GenerationFree Radical QuenchingFree Radical ScavengingGermplasm Performance EvaluationLong-term Germplasm Storage
IBPGR commissioned this report to examine the implications of free radical activity for the safe conservation of plant genetic resources. This report evaluates the role of free radical damage in plant germplasm stored either as a seed or as in vitro (tissue culture) systems under cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen.