CRYMCEPT

Introduction

"CRYMCEPT” is the acronym for a European Commission Research Project (Reference: QLK5-CT-2002-01279) entitled: Establishing CRYopreservation Methods For Conserving European PlantT Germplasm Collections.

CRYMCEPT is funded by the EU’s Fifth Framework Programme for Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources: Key action 5 ‘Sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry, and integrated development of rural areas including mountain areas’, and started in November 2002 for three years. The general objective of CRYMCEPT is to develop new/improved cryopreservation protocols applicable to plant germplasm collections in Europe.

The CRYMCEPT project includes 9 different Work packages and covers a variety of the most relevant physico-biochemical parameters relating to cryopreservation. Also the project involves a very broad spectrum of genotypes, species, different tissues with a different response towards hardening.

The CRYMCEPT partners represent a range of different sectors (Culture collections, Biotechnology industries, Academia) and different countries (Belgium, Germany, Italy, France, UK). Importantly, the inter- and multidisciplinary expertise of the partners will provide exciting opportunities to develop new/improved protocols for plant germplasm cryopreservation.

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