2007 | Action Number: 871

Advances in Horticultural Science

• Pages: 100
• Author(s): Various
• Publisher(s): Department of Horticulture, University of Florence

At the first meeting of Working Group 2, organized by IVALSA Institute at the CNR (National Research Council) Area of Florence of May 10-12, 2007, scientists from 14 European Countries presented 24 lectures, dealing with various aspects of plant cryopreservation, from the development of efficient procedures to their application on germplasm collections in Europe. Keynote lectures on cryotheraphy, cryopreservation, of invertebrate organisms and germplasm cryopreservation in Argentina completed the programme. This special Issue of Advances in Horticultural Science presents a selection of 21 papers from the Meeting, carefully revised from a Scientific Committee composed by some of the major European experts on plant cryopreservation.