QUIESCENT PLANT SOMATIC EMBRYOS AND METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION

摘要

A method of producing synthetic seeds by inducing growth quiescence in plant somatic embryos by maintaining the embryos in an atmosphere having a relative humidity of 30-85 % or in an osmotically active environment having a moisture content of 30-85 % for a period of time sufficient to reduce the moisture content of the embryos to from 85-65 % to 4-15 % and for the embryos to cease growth.