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Cryopreservation of Asparagus

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Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm I

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 32))

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The genus Asparagus (Liliaceae) includes about 300 species found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia (Everett 1980). Only Asparagus officinalis is cultivated as a vegetable, but some other species, such as A. densiflorus (syns. A. sprengeri; A. myriocladus; A. sarmentosus), A. setaceus (syn. A. plumosus), and A. asparagoides (syn. A. medeoloides), are grown and utilized as ornamental plants.

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    A. Uragami

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  1. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

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Uragami, A. (1995). Cryopreservation of Asparagus. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm I. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 32. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03096-7_23

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