Dr. Barbara Reed Interview: Developing Cryopreservation Protocols for Plants

Dr. Barbara Reed of the US Department of Agriculture, National Clonal Germplasm Repository, has spent her career working with tissue culture and cryopreservation of fruit crops. She was editor of a book, often referred to as ‘the Bible of Cryopreservation’, titled ‘Plant Cryopreservation: a Practical Guide‘. In this video, Dr. Joyce Maschinski questions her about the protocols she developed and the lessons she learned over years working with multiple plant species.