‘Taoyuan No. 1 Rose Girl’: A Double-flowered Periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus
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Cryopreservation of Alkaloid-Producing Cell Cultures of Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus).
A procedure for cryogenic storage of alkaloid producing cell lines of periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don., has been developed. The procedure differs from established cryopreservation protocols in several aspects. Specifically, 4-day-old suspension subcultures of three cell lines were precultured in nutrient media supplemented with 1 molar sorbitol for 6 to 20 hours. The cells were then...
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عنوان ژورنال: HortScience
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0018-5345,2327-9834
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.8.1175