ABA-Induced Growth Retardation of Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) In Vitro

Abstract

Vegetatively propagated crops cannot be conserved as seeds as they are either sterile or are heterozygous. Various biotechnological approaches such as cryopreservation, minimal growth maintenance in in vitro and storage of DNA as genomic or DNA libraries (Rao and Riley, 1994) have been suggested for the conservation of such species. However, to date most emphasis has been given on the development and .use of in vitro minimal growth storage techniques. These techniques are currently being utilized for conservation of various clonally propagated r iOpS and their related species (Ashmore, 1997; Withers and Engelmann, 1997; Reed, 1999)