ENHANCING GERMINATION OF PLANT SOMATIC EMBRYOS BY PRIMING

摘要

A process of nutripriming plant somatic embryos prior to sowing, comprising contacting an imbibed plant somatic embryo with a solution containing one or more dissolved nutrients, preferably including sucrose as one of the nutrients. The invention includes germinated embryos produced by the process, and a method of producing seedlings or full-grown plants incorporating the nutripriming step. The method preferably makes use of a growth medium containing the nutrient or nutrients used in the nutripriming step.