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Methods are provided for cryopreserving plant cells and to methods for recovering viable plant cells from long or short term cryopreservation. Plant cells to be cryopreserved can be grown in culture and pretreated with a solution containing an cryorotective agent and a stabilizer. Pretreated cells are acclimated to a reduced temperature and loaded with a cryoprotective agent such as DMSO, propylene glycol or polyethylene glycol. Loaded cells are incubated with a vitrification solution which, for example, comprises a solution with a high concentration of the cryoprotective agent. Vitrified cells retain less than about 20% water content and can be frozen at cryopreservation temperatures for long periods of time without significantly altering the genotypic or phenotypic character of the cells. Plant cells may also be cryopreserved by lyophilizing cells to a preferable water content of about 40% to about 60% by weight prior to exposure to a vitrification solution or loading agent. The combination of lyophilization and vitrification or loading removes about 75% to about 95% of the plant cell's water. Cells can be successfully cryopreserved for long periods of time and viably recovered. Also provided are methods for the recovery of viable plant cells from cryopreservation. Cells are thawed to about room temperature and incubated in medium containing, a cryoprotective agent and a stabilizer. The cryoprotective agent is removed and the cells successfully incubated and recovered in liquid or semi-solid growth medium.
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