Long preservation of potentially valuable germplasm of strawberry ( Fragaria spp.) was facilitated by cold storage of “pathogen-free” meristem plantlets. More than 50 different cultivars have been maintained for up to 6 years as meristem plantlets in sterile culture tubes at 4°C air temperature in darkness.
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Mullin et al. (1976) studied this question.