METHOD TO IMPROVE GERMINATION OF EMBRYOS FROM MANUFACTURED SEED

• Main Author: HARTLE, JEFFREY E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.03.2012
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; FERTILISING; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLANTING; SOWING; TRAPPING

Disclosed is a manufactured seed comprising: (a) a seed coat comprising a structure fabricated from one or more materials, the materials being selected from the group consisting of cellulosic materials, glass, plastic, polymeric resins, waxes, varnishes, and wax-impregnated paper; (b) a nutritive media comprising an adsorbent material, wherein the adsorbent material is present in the media in a concentration from 30 g/L to 100 g/L; and (c) a shoot restraint, wherein the shoot restraint comprises a cavity. Also disclosed is a method for germination of a plant embryo from a manufactured seed comprising: (a) assembling a manufactured seed comprising a seed coat and a shoot restraint, wherein the shoot restraint comprises a cavity; (b) adding nutritive media comprising an adsorbent material, wherein the adsorbent material is present in the media in a concentration from 30 g/L to 100 g/L, to the seed coat; (c) placing a plant embryo into the cavity of the shoot restraint; and (d) culturing the manufactured seed under conditions suitable for germination of the plant embryo; wherein the seed coat comprises a structure fabricated from one or more materials, the materials being selected from the group comprising cellulosic materials, glass, plastic, polymeric resins, waxes, varnishes, and wax-impregnated paper.