Conference paper

BIOTECHNOLOGY IN PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES CONSERVATION

Hrvoje Rukavina ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za sjemenarstvo, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ivan Kolak ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za sjemenarstvo, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Zlatko Šatović ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za sjemenarstvo, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

The use of in vitro culture techniques enlarges the options available for the collecting, ex situ conservation and exchange of plant species which produce no or short-lived (recalcitrant) seeds or which are vegetatively propagated. In vitro storage techniques, including slow growth for the long term, present great advantages for the conservation of the genetic resources of problem species. In addition, in vitro techniques offer the possibility of eliminating pathogens and thus conserving and exchanging germplasm in a disease-free conditions.

Keywords

germplasm preservation; in vitro techniques; cryopreservation

Hrčak ID:

168285

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/168285

Publication date:

26.5.1998.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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