TY - CHAP AU - Conceição Santos ED - Igor I. Katkov Y1 - 2012-03-14 PY - 2012 T1 - Somatic Embryogenesis and Cryopreservation in Forest Species: The Cork Oak Case Study N2 - Almost a decade has passed since the last textbook on the science of cryobiology, Life in the Frozen State, was published. Recently, there have been some serious tectonic shifts in cryobiology which were perhaps not seen on the surface but will have a profound effect on both the future of cryobiology and the development of new cryopreservation methods. We feel that it is time to revise the previous paradigms and dogmas, discuss the conceptually new cryobiological ideas, and introduce the recently emerged practical protocols for cryopreservation. The present books, "Current Frontiers in Cryobiology" and "Current Frontiers in Cryopreservation" will serve the purpose. This is a global effort by scientists from 27 countries from all continents and we hope it will be interesting to a wide audience. BT - Current Frontiers in Cryopreservation SP - Ch. 19 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/34920 DO - 10.5772/34920 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -