Botanists find a cool way to preserve an endangered plant’s seeds
If you wonder how cool cool is, it’s at least -196 ℃ (-320 ℉).
Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems
If you wonder how cool cool is, it’s at least -196 ℃ (-320 ℉).
A study of silver maple cools embryonic axes to liquid nitrogen temperatures without prior dehydration or cryoprotection treatments and thaws them rapidly.
A study finds that four Quercus species adapted to arid and semi-humid climates still produce recalcitrant seeds.
A study of embryonic axes of silver maple, Acer saccharinum, subjected to various drying, cooling and warming treatments, finds that intracellular ice formation is not necessarily lethal.