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Table 1 A list of successful cryopreservation of shoot tips of Lilium spp.

From: Development, progress and future prospects in cryobiotechnology of Lilium spp.

Species or hybrids

No. of genotypes tested

Cryo-methods

Shoot regrowth (%)

Refs.

L. japonicum

1

Encapsulation–dehydration

88

[30]

L. japonicum

1

Encapsulation–vitrification

94

[30]

L. japonicum

1

Vitrification

92

[30]

L. japonicum and Oriental hybrids

1 for Lilium japonicum and 5 Oriental hybrids

Vitrification

83 for Lilium japonicum and 40–85 for five Oriental hybrids

[31]

L. longiflorum, L. formosanum, L. henryi, L. auratum, Oriental hybrids and Asiatic hybrids

2 cultivars for L. longiflorum, one for each of L. formosanum, L. henryi, L. auratum, 3 Oriental hybrids and 2 Asiatic hybrids

Vitrification

53–89 for L. longiflorum, 49–71 for L. formosanum, 5–19 for L. henryi, 51–66 for L. auratum, 53–93 for three Oriental hybrids and 53–89 for two Asiatic hybrids

[48]

Oriental hybrids ‘Siberia’

1

Vitrification

51 (survival). Shoot regrowth was not tested

[32]

L. lancifolium

1

Vitrification

95 (survival). Shoot regrowth was not tested

[49]

Oriental hybrid ‘Siberia’

1

Vitrification

72

[33]

L. lancifolium, L. × longiflorum and Oriental hybrid ‘Siberia’

3

Droplet-vitrification

67 for L. × lancifolium and 35 for L. × longiflorum and 60 for Oriental hybrid ‘Siberia’

[36]

L. callosum and Oriental hybrids

5

Droplet-vitrification

78 for L. callosum and 53–88 for the four Oriental hybrids

[34]

Lilium spp, Asiatic hybrid and Oriental hybrid

20 Lilium species, 1 Asiatic hybrid and 1 Oriental hybrid

Droplet-vitrification

52 for L. amabile, 67 for L. auratum, 43 for L. bulbiferum, 67 for L. callosum, 62 for L. candidum, 42 for L. concolor, 85 for L. davidii, 41 for L. distichum, 48 for L. formolongi, 86 for L. hansonii, 38 for L. henryi,41 for L. lancifolium, 40 for L. leichtlinii, 69 for L. leucanthum, 43 for L. longiflorum, 41 for L. pyrenaicum, 83 for L. regale, 43 for L. tsingtauense, 41 L. washingtonianum, 43 for Asiatic hybrid, 73 for Oriental hybrid

[43]

L. davidii var. unicolor, L. × formolongi, L. longiflorum × Oriental ‘Triumphator’, Oriental hybrids and Asiatic hybrids

3 species, 2 Oriental hybrids and 2 Asiatic hybrids

Droplet-vitrification

80 for L. davidii var. unicolor, 53 for L. × formolongi, 43 for L. longiflorum × Oriental ‘Triumphator’, 73 for Asiatic hybrids ‘Elite’, 68 for Asiatic hybrids ‘Pollyanna’ and 88 for Oriental hybrid ‘Siberia’.

[35]

L. martagon

1

Droplet-vitrification

81–89

[38]