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Cryopreservation of Prunus

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Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm II

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 50))

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The genus Prunus which belongs to the family of Rosaceae is widely distributed mostly in the north temperate zone. Some species are found in the Indo-Malaysian Mountains and the Andes.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale, Université Bordeaux, 1, Avenue des Facultés, 33405, Talence Cedex, France

    Marie-Thérèse de Boucaud, Marthe Brison, Bertrand Helliot & Valérie Hervé-Paulus

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  1. USDA-ARS National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, 1111 S. Mason St., 80521, Fort Collins, CO, USA

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de Boucaud, MT., Brison, M., Helliot, B., Hervé-Paulus, V. (2002). Cryopreservation of Prunus . In: Towill, L.E., Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 50. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04674-6_21

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