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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Pramod K. Gupta, Federal Way, WA (US);
Diane G. Holmstrom, Sumner, WA (US);
Bonnie Larson, Granite Falls, WA (US);
Judith Zucati, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Pramod K. Gupta, Federal Way, WA (US);
Diane G. Holmstrom, Sumner, WA (US);
Bonnie Larson, Granite Falls, WA (US);
Judith Zucati, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Federal Way, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides methods for producing pine somatic embryos using a liquid development medium and/or a liquid stratification medium. In a first aspect, the methods comprise the step of culturing embryogenic cells in, or on, a liquid development medium to produce cotyledonary pine somatic embryos. In another aspect, the methods comprise the step of culturing pine cotyledonary somatic embryos in, or on, a liquid stratification medium to produce stratified cotyledonary somatic embryos. The invention also provides methods for producing pine somatic embryos in bioreactors.