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Research Project: Curation and Research to Safeguard and Expand Collections of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information

Location: Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research

Title: Banana shoot tip cryopreservation (droplet vitrification)

Author
item SKOGERBOE, DIANNE
item CHEN, K - COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
item JENDEREK, MARIA

Submitted to: Book / Chapter / eBook
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/2/2026
Publication Date: 1/5/2026
Citation: Skogerboe, D.M., Chen, K.Y., Jenderek, M.M. 2026. Banana shoot tip cryopreservation (droplet vitrification). Fort Collins, Colorado: Colorado State University. Available: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/clonalcryopreservation/chapter/banana-cryopreservation/

Interpretive Summary: Educational/training resources are being developed for topics related to plant genetic resources management and use. This is an ebook chapter that will be published in an ebook titled "Training in Plant Genetic Resources: Cryopreservation of Clonal Propagules". It describes and demonstrates the process of banana shoot tip cryopreservation at the USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation. This ebook chapter is publicly available at: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/clonalcryopreservation/chapter/banana-cryopreservation/.

Technical Abstract: Educational/training resources are being developed for topics related to plant genetic resources management and use. This is an ebook chapter that will be published in an ebook titled "Training in Plant Genetic Resources: Cryopreservation of Clonal Propagules". It describes and demonstrates the process of banana shoot tip cryopreservation at the USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation. This ebook chapter is publicly available at: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/clonalcryopreservation/chapter/banana-cryopreservation/.