Cryopreservation of Plant Cells and Organs

K.K. Kartha, Senior Rsearch Officer, Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

• Plant Cell Culture, Basic Principles of Freezing Injury to Plant Cells, Cryobiology of Isolated protoplasts, Biophysical and Ultrastructural Studies of Membrane Alterations in Plant Cells During Extracelluar Freezing, Cryoprotective Compounds in the Viable Freezing of Plant Tissues, Meristem Culture and Germplasm Preservation, Cryopreservation of Potato meristems, Low Temperature and Freeze Vacuum Drying Preservation of Pollen, Cryopreservation of Seed Germplasm for Genetic Conservation, Cryopreservation of Embryos, Cryopreservation of Cultured Plant Cells and Protoplasts.