Claim · model-written summary
Desiccation protected all four citrus species during liquid nitrogen immersion.
CitrusNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“all four species benefited from desiccation in terms of protection during immersion in liquid nitrogen”
t0“citrus”
Title
M Lambardi; A De Carlo; S Biricolti; et al. PubMed 2004
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect C. sinensis seeds tolerated drying to 16 percent moisture with negligible germination loss.
- Intervention effect C. aurantium seeds tolerated drying to 10 percent moisture with negligible germination loss.
- Intervention effect C. limon seeds tolerated drying to 10 percent moisture with negligible germination loss.
- Intervention effect C. deliciosa germination fell to 50 percent after drying to 15 percent moisture.
- Intervention effect Dehydration reduced the average number of seedlings per germinated citrus seed.
- Observation C. sinensis survived cryopreservation with 93 percent germination.
- Observation C. aurantium survived cryopreservation with 93 percent germination.
- Intervention effect Dehydration and cryopreservation promoted germination of zygotic embryos.
- Intervention effect Dehydration and cryopreservation reduced apomictic seedlings per seed.