Fundamental concept of cryopreservation using Dendrobium sonia-17 protocorm-like bodies by encapsulation-dehydration technique

• Main Authors: Subramaniam, Sreeramanan, Sinniah, Uma Rani, Khoddamzadeh, Amir Ali, Periasamy, Suranthran, James Antony, Jessica Jeyanthi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Journals 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23682/1/23682.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23682/; http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJB/article-abstract/17DD02527764
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This study was carried out to evaluate the potential of using the encapsulation-dehydration technique on cryopreservation protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) of Dendrobium sonia-17. The survival of the PLBs was assessed based on the effects of 4 dehydration periods (0, 1, 3 and 5 h) and 4 different concent...