Table 3 Survival and regeneration rate of 10 sweet potato cultivars 8 weeks after cryopreservation; significant differences within a column are annotated with a different letter.

81.5 ± 24.2 a

54.2 ± 23.0 abcd

29.6 ± 35.1 b

22.2 ± 14.5 bc

94.4 ± 13.0 a

89.4 ± 14.8 ab

73.6 ± 21.9 a

56.1 ± 30.4 ab

97.8 ± 8.6 a

91.1 ± 10.5 a

76.7 ± 21.6 a

62.0 ± 17.0 a

92.6 ± 14.7 a

54.0 ± 31.8 bcd

74.1 ± 22.2 a

47.6 ± 27.7 ab

97.8 ± 8.6 a

84.1 ± 19.6 ab

71.1 ± 29.9 a

58.5 ± 25.7 a

55.6 ± 47.1 b

39.7 ± 40.3 cd

22.2 ± 37.3 b

9.5 ± 16.0 c

90.7 ± 18.8 a

59.0 ± 19.9 abc

72.2 ± 33.3 a

49.5 ± 22.1 ab

100.0 ± 0.0 a

87.3 ± 15.1 ab

100.0 ± 0.0 a

83.9 ± 18.1 a

92.6 ± 14.7 a

30.2 ± 31.5 d

70.4 ± 35.1 a

11.1 ± 17.2 c

100.0 ± 0.0 a

90.5 ± 14.3 ab

85.2 ± 24.2 a

81.0 ± 17.5 a