Development of cryopreservation techniques     2

Importance of cryopreservation for the conservation of plant genetic resources     2

Freezing behaviours in plant tissues as visualised by NMR microscopy and their regulatory mechanisms     3

Ultrastructural aspects for freezing adaptation of cells by vitrification     3

The use of physical and biochemical studies to elucidate and reduce cryopreservation-induced damage in hydrated/desiccated plant germplasm      3

Physiological and molecular changes in tobacco suspension cells during development of tolerance to cryopreservation by vitrification     4

Molecular mechanisms of freezing and drought tolerance in plants      4

Cryopreservation of medicinal plant resources - retention of biosynthetic capabilities in transformed cultures     5

Cryopreservation of undifferentiated plant cells     5

Cryopreservation of banana embryogenic cell suspensions: a tool for genetic engineering     5

Cryopreservation of sugarcane embryogenic callus using a simplified freezing process     6

Cryopreservation of pollen     6

Use of stored pollen for wide crosses in wheat haploid production     7

Storage of pollen for long-term conservation of yam genetic resources      7

Cryopreservation of embryonic axes     8

Cryopreservation of zygotic embryos of tropical fruit trees – a study on Lansium domesticum and Baccaurea species     8

Cryopreservation of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) seeds: Towards a simplified protocol for routine use in coffee genebanks    9

Cryopreservation of melon somatic embryos by desiccation method     9

Cryopreservation of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) polyembryonic cultures     9

Recent development in cryopreservation of shoot apices of tropical species     10

Cryopreservation of vegetatively propagated species (mainly mulberry)     10

Genotype considerations in temperate fruit crop cryopreservation     11

Cryopreservation of in vitro-cultured meristems of wasabi     11

Cryopreservation of citrus apices using the encapsulation-dehydration technique     12

Development of cassava cryopreservation     12

Cryopreservation of in vitro-grown shoot tips of five vegetatively propagated tropical monocots by vitrification technique  13

Cryopreservation of yam apices: a comparative study with three different techniques     13

Cryopreservation of proliferating meristem cultures of banana     13

Application of cryopreservation protocols at a clonal genebank     14

Advances in potato cryopreservation at the International Potato Center, Peru     14

The in vitro germplasm collection at the Musa INIBAP Transit Centre and the importance of     15

Cryopreservation: Roles in clonal propagation and germplasm conservation of conifers     15

Conservation of threatened flora by cryopreservation of shoot apices     15

Conservation and cryopreservation of tropical tree species      16

Cryopreservation and cassava germplasm conservation at CIAT      16

Cryopreservation research in India: current status and future perspectives     16

Current status of cryopreservation research and future perspectives of its application in Malaysia     17

Cryopreservation of tropical plants – current research status in Indonesia     17

Status and future prospects of cryopreservation in Thailand     17

Philippines: Conservation and cryopreservation research      18

Current status and future perspectives of plant cryopreservation in Viet Nam     18

Cryopreservation of plant germplasm in China     18

Current status of cryopreservation research and future perspectives of its application in South Africa     18

Applying cryopreservation techniques in national programmes in Nigeria     19

Current status of cryopreservation research and future perspectives for its application in Costa Rica     19