%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Martinez-Montero, M. E. %A Martinez, J. %A Engelmann, Florent %T Cryopreservation of sugarcane somatic embryos %D 2008 %L fdi:010042701 %G ENG %J Cryo-Letters %@ 0143-2044 %K Somatic embryos ; Sugarcane ; Vitrification ; Encapsulation-vitrification ; Droplet-vitrification %M ISI:000257824900006 %N 3 %P 229-242 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042701 %> https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2008/08/010042701.pdf %V 29 %W Horizon (IRD) %X in this paper, we compared three vitrification-based cryopreservation techniques, viz. vitrification, encapsulation-vitrification and droplet-vitrification for cryopreserving sugarcane somatic embryos. Viability of somatic embryos was evaluated by measuring electrolyte leakage and by regrowth on recovery medium. Droplet-vitrification was the most efficient technique. Optimal conditions included loading with a solution containing 1.5 M glycerol and 0.3 M sucrose for 30 min at 25 degrees C, treatment with the PVS2 solution for 20-40 min at 0 degrees C followed by rapid immersion in liquid nitrogen of clumps of somatic embryos placed in microdroplets of cryoprotectant solution. Under such conditions, viability of cryopreserved somatic embryos reached 55 %. %$ 076