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    Advances in understanding the fundamental aspects required for successful cryopreservation of Australian flora

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    Authors
    Funnekotter, Bryn
    Mancera, Ricardo
    Bunn, E.
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Funnekotter, B. and Mancera, R. and Bunn, E. 2017. Advances in understanding the fundamental aspects required for successful cryopreservation of Australian flora. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant. 53 (4): pp. 289-298.
    Source Title
    In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant
    DOI
    10.1007/s11627-017-9850-5
    ISSN
    1054-5476
    School
    School of Biomedical Sciences
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP140100993
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56947
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Australia is host to an amazing diversity of species, many of which require conservation efforts. In vitro culture provides a tool for not only conserving these threatened species but allows for their propagation from limited starting material. Cryopreservation provides the greatest long-term storage option for in vitro cultures and as a conservation tool for other germplasm. However, while cryopreservation has proven capable of delivering viable long-term storage with some plant taxa, the process of deriving protocols is still largely an incremental process. The key to faster and more intuitive optimising of cryopreservation protocols lies with continuing to develop a better understanding of key factors, including issues with plant physiology (such as genetic stability, the composition of the proteome and metabolome, cell membrane characteristics, and antioxidant defences) and how the stresses imposed by cryopreservation (such as the excision damage, desiccation, cryoprotective agent toxicity, ice crystal damage, and cooling to cryogenic temperatures) interact and contribute to the cryocapability of a species. This review focuses on the advances that have been made towards understanding cryogenic stress and how this has led to improved cryopreservation protocols, in the context of cryopreserving Australian flora.

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