A Novel Method of Germplasm Preservation of Trees through Excised Root Culture

摘要

The need for developing efficient methods for germplasm conservation, particularly of trees, which cannot be realized by seed banks, is imperative in view of erosion of phytodiversity at an alarming rate. In this context, since cryopreservation, in case of plants, has not yielded satisfactory results because of certain technical shortfalls, the other tissue culture methods are the only alternative left to this effect.