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Cryopreservation of Germplasm of Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis)

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Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm I

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 32))

Abstract

The genus Hevea (family Euphorbiaceae) consists of nine species, namely H. brasiliensis, H. benthamiana, H. camporum, H. guianensis, H. microphylla, H. nitida, H. pauciflora, H. rigidifolia, and H. spruceana (Baldwin 1947). Of these, H. brasiliensis (Wild.) Muell.-Arg. is the only commercial species and the primary source of natural rubber. Three other species, H. benthamiana, H. pauciflora, and H. spruceana are used as sources of resistance to South American Leaf Blight (Ho 1979).

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  1. Department of Botany, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    M. N. Normah

  2. Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    H. F. Chin

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  1. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

    Y. P. S. Bajaj (Former Professor of Tissue Culture) (Former Professor of Tissue Culture)

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Normah, M.N., Chin, H.F. (1995). Cryopreservation of Germplasm of Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) . In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm I. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 32. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03096-7_11

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