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Table 1 Water content of A. alba x A. numidica and P. nigra ETs after treatment with the cryoprotective media and after 2 or 2.5 h of air desiccation over silica gel

From: Cryopreservation of Abies alba × A. numidica and Pinus nigra embryogenic tissues by stepwise dehydration method

 

Preculture

ET moisture content, %

A. alba × A. numidica

Control

96.0 ± 0.397 a

Sucrose

70.1 ± 0.273 b

Sucrose + Silica Gel

31.6 ± 0.042 c

Pinus nigra

Control

96.1 ± 0.088 a

Sucrose

67.7 ± 0.408 b

Sucrose + Silica Gel

27.0 ± 0.755 c

  1. Mean ± standard error; p ≤ 0.05; Tukey’s test
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