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Improving in vitro mineral nutrition for diverse red raspberry and Rubus germplasm

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Poothong, Sukalya

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Red raspberry, Rubus idaeus L., is a valuable crop for the U.S. Pacific Northwest and clonal propagation is required to produce disease-free plants and for germplasm preservation. One challenge of red raspberry micropropagation is the wide variation in growth response among the cultivars. The studies described in this dissertation were...

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support from laboratory postdoc Dr. Sugae Wada. Thanks to all friends in the department of horticulture
Cryopreservation of Shoot Tips: Antioxidant Investigations with Rubus and Protocols for Mentha and Vaccinium

Creator:

Uchendu, Esther Eyiuche

Abstract:

Oxidative stress that occurs during cryopreservation may be reduced by the addition of antioxidants. Vitamin E (Vit E), Vitamin C (Vit C), glutathione (GSH), lipoic acid (LA), glycine betaine (GB) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were applied at four steps of the PVS2 vitrification protocol (pretreatment, loading, rinsing, and regrowth). Shoot tips...

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mostly dead by 3 h. Cryopreserved blueberry cultivars had 83% to 92% regrowth with ED. The results