title: Cryopreservation of shoot tips of blackberry and raspberry by encapsulation-dehydration and vitrification.
abstract: Encapsulation-dehydration and PVS2-vitrification cryopreservation protocols were evaluated for the long-term conservation of a diverse group of Rubus germplasm. Cold acclimation for a 4-week period prior to cryopreservation was necessary for regrowth of shoot apices from blackberry and raspberry genotypes. For the encapsulation-dehydration protocol, encapsulated apices were pretreated in 0.75 M sucrose for 20 h, desiccated 6-h under laminar flow to c. 20 percent moisture content, then plunged in liquid nitrogen (LN) and rapidly warmed. The PVS2-vitrification protocol included pretreating shoot tips on 5 percent dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) medium for 48 h, exposure to loading solution (LS) and PVS2 for 20 min each at 25 degree C , followed by immersion in LN and rapid warming. Shoot tips of 25 genotypes in 9 Rubus species and 9 Rubus hybrids were successfully cryopreserved with recovery of 60 to 100 percent using the encapsulation-dehydration protocol. Four genotypes of 3 species were tested using the vitrification protocol with 71 percent average regrowth. The present results indicate that both of these improved cryopreservation protocols can be applied to a diverse range of Rubus genetic resources.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Culture and Cryopreservation Unit, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India. sandhya_gupta87@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sandhya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Barbara M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods*; D003890:Desiccation / Q000379:methods; D005838:Genotype; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000254:growth & development; D027824:Rosaceae / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development