METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY ISOLATING PLANT TISSUES

• Main Authors: Adams, Whitney, Davis, Brandon, Kucher, Lubomyr, Spencer, Michael, Mann, Michael T, Lowe, Brenda
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.07.2019
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREPARATORY TREATMENT OF GRAIN FOR MILLING; PREPARING GRAIN FOR MILLING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; REFINING GRANULAR FRUIT TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS BY WORKING THESURFACE; SPIRITS; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention discloses and claims methods and devices for the rapid mechanical isolation of monocot plant tissues suitable for transformation or tissue culture. The invention includes mechanical devices for substantially isolating target plant tissues for use as transformable explants, and propagation of transgenic plants and plant tissues.