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Cryopreservation: A Potential Tool for Long-term Conservation of Medicinal Plants

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Medicinal plants are one of the most important groups of plant genetic resources. Their use in biotechnology has assumed considerable significance because of overexploitation of these plants to meet the increasing demand. As cells cultured in vitro are prone to spontaneous changes, continuous culture of plant cells is often undesirable. Cryopreservation is a safe and cost-effective technique for preservation of germplasm and management of in vitro produced materials for biotechnological applications. The present article is a brief account of cryopreservation techniques and their application for medicinal plant conservation.

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    Sangeeta Ahuja

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    Alka Narula & P.S. Srivastava

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Dixit, S., Ahuja, S., Narula, A., Srivastava, P. (2004). Cryopreservation: A Potential Tool for Long-term Conservation of Medicinal Plants. In: Srivastava, P., Narula, A., Srivastava, S. (eds) Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Markers. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3213-7_19

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