CRYOPRESERVATION OF DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA (ANTARCTIC HAIR GRASS) BY IMMERSION OF SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM IN LIQUID NITROGEN THROUGH COLD ACCLIMATIZATION AND VITRIFICATION PROCEDURES

摘要

The present invention relates to methods for the cryopreservation of plant cells and to methods for the recovery of plants cells which have been cryopreserved. The invention also relates to plants, viable plant cells and plant cells cultures which have been successfully recovered from cryopreservation.