Peroxidation due to cryoprotectant treatment is a vital factor for cell survival in Arabidopsis cryopreservation

- Seedling age and survival had a negative correlation in Arabidopsis cryopreservation.
- Oxidative stress is the major stress in cryoprotectant treatment.
- Reducing the injury of peroxidation is the key factor to successful cryopreservation.
- Peroxidation leads to photophosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation damage.
- The apoptosis-like events were found in cryogenic treatment of Arabidopsis seedlings.