As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Cryopreservation of Rare Plants Video Series

Cryopreservation is an important frontier in the conservation of exceptional plant species, whose seeds cannot be stored in conventional seed banks. Learn how CPC’s network partners are utilizing and innovating cryopreservation methods to support their conservation efforts in a featured video series on the Rare Plant Academy (RPA), highlighting some of the world’s foremost experts in plant cryobiotechnology.

In this video from the series, USDA’s Jennifer Kendall discusses how cryopreservation is used at the National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation to preserve clonal material—that is tissue that contains the exact same genetic makeup as the source plant—in liquid nitrogen.

You can find the full cryopreservation video series on the RPA homepage or search the RPA Video Library using “cryopreservation” in the keyword search. Learn more about cryopreservation best practices here.