| abstract |
Manufactured seeds are disclosed that comprise a unit of totipotent plant tissue and a nutritive medium. The nutritive medium can contain a number of different components selected from the following: a gel solute, charcoal, a carbon source, urea, KNO 3 , NH 4 NO 3 , CuCl 2 , CuSO 4 , KI, KH 2 PO 4 , CaCl 2 , MgSO 4 , Na 2 EDTA, FeSO 4 , ferric citrate, MnSO 4 , MnCl 2 , H 3 BO 3 , ZnSO 4 , CoCl 2 , Na 2 MoO 4 , (NH 4 ) 2 MoO 4 , thiamine, riboflavin, pyridoxine, HCl, Ca-pantothenate, nicotinic acid, biotin, folic acid, and myo-inositol. The nutritive medium can also include any of various protein amino acids, any of various polyamines, any of various oxygen-absorbing compounds, any of various non-protein amino acids, and/or a smoke suspension. |