Evaluation of the new vacuum infiltration vitrification (viv) cryopreservation technique for native Australian plant shoot tips

BACKGROUND: The application of a vacuum during the incubation in cryoprotective agents such as PVS2 allows for increased penetration, reducing total incubation times required before vitrification and post-cryopreservation regeneration is achieved. OBJECTIVE: This study compared a conventional drople...

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Main Authors: Funnekotter, B., Whiteley, S., Turner, S., Bunn, E., Mancera, Ricardo
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11419
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author Funnekotter, B.
Whiteley, S.
Turner, S.
Bunn, E.
Mancera, Ricardo
author_facet Funnekotter, B.
Whiteley, S.
Turner, S.
Bunn, E.
Mancera, Ricardo
author_sort Funnekotter, B.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description BACKGROUND: The application of a vacuum during the incubation in cryoprotective agents such as PVS2 allows for increased penetration, reducing total incubation times required before vitrification and post-cryopreservation regeneration is achieved. OBJECTIVE: This study compared a conventional droplet-vitrification protocol to the new vacuum infiltration vitrification protocol in four Australian plant species. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The new vacuum infiltration vitrification applied an 80 kPa vacuum during incubations in loading solution and PVS2. Infiltration of the cryoprotective agents into shoot tips was determined by differential scanning calorimetry measuring ice formation in the thermographs comparing a range of loading solution and PVS2 incubation times. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The application of the vacuum infiltration vitrification technique resulted in a significantly reduced PVS2 incubation time for cryogenic survival and regeneration for all four species, reducing the time needed to adequately protect shoot tips by half to a quarter when compared to a conventional droplet-vitrification technique.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-114192017-01-30T11:24:36Z Evaluation of the new vacuum infiltration vitrification (viv) cryopreservation technique for native Australian plant shoot tips Funnekotter, B. Whiteley, S. Turner, S. Bunn, E. Mancera, Ricardo BACKGROUND: The application of a vacuum during the incubation in cryoprotective agents such as PVS2 allows for increased penetration, reducing total incubation times required before vitrification and post-cryopreservation regeneration is achieved. OBJECTIVE: This study compared a conventional droplet-vitrification protocol to the new vacuum infiltration vitrification protocol in four Australian plant species. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The new vacuum infiltration vitrification applied an 80 kPa vacuum during incubations in loading solution and PVS2. Infiltration of the cryoprotective agents into shoot tips was determined by differential scanning calorimetry measuring ice formation in the thermographs comparing a range of loading solution and PVS2 incubation times. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The application of the vacuum infiltration vitrification technique resulted in a significantly reduced PVS2 incubation time for cryogenic survival and regeneration for all four species, reducing the time needed to adequately protect shoot tips by half to a quarter when compared to a conventional droplet-vitrification technique. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11419 restricted
spellingShingle Funnekotter, B.
Whiteley, S.
Turner, S.
Bunn, E.
Mancera, Ricardo
Evaluation of the new vacuum infiltration vitrification (viv) cryopreservation technique for native Australian plant shoot tips
title Evaluation of the new vacuum infiltration vitrification (viv) cryopreservation technique for native Australian plant shoot tips
title_full Evaluation of the new vacuum infiltration vitrification (viv) cryopreservation technique for native Australian plant shoot tips
title_fullStr Evaluation of the new vacuum infiltration vitrification (viv) cryopreservation technique for native Australian plant shoot tips
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of the new vacuum infiltration vitrification (viv) cryopreservation technique for native Australian plant shoot tips
title_short Evaluation of the new vacuum infiltration vitrification (viv) cryopreservation technique for native Australian plant shoot tips
title_sort evaluation of the new vacuum infiltration vitrification (viv) cryopreservation technique for native australian plant shoot tips
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11419