Development and refinement of cryopreservation protocols for the long-term conservation of vegetatively propagated crops
- Grant No
- Development and refinement of cryopreservation protocols with CIAT
- Project Description
- This project served to develop cryopreservation protocols for several vegetatively propagated crops. The cryopreservation protocols were optimized and techniques were shared between seven laboratories in collaboration through exchanges of staff and experts. At the end of the project, robust and efficient cryopreservation protocols were developed for each crop, and the best protocols selected and tested on a significant number of accessions. These protocols aid in the large-scale application of the long-term conservation of the project collections.
- Institute Name
- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
- Institute Country
- Colombia
- List of Countries
- Colombia
- Belgium
- Peru
- Fiji
- France
- Nigeria
- United States
- Crops
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Crop Seed or Veg type Acc collected Acc regenerated Acc sent to CG Acc introduced to genebank Acc sent to Svalbard Sweetpotato 0 0 0 0 0 Yam 0 0 0 0 0 Aroids 0 0 0 0 0 Cassava 0 0 0 0 0 - Program Name
- Global System Project
- Donor
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Start Date
- 15th of July 2008
- End Date
- 30th of September 2009
- Status
- Completed