Boehringer Ingelheim obtains United States patent.University of Guelph The University of Guelph is a medium-sized university located in Guelph, Ontario, established in 1964. While the U of G offers degrees in many different disciplines, the university is best known for its focus on life sciences, based in part on a long-standing history of (Guelph, Canada) has patented a method for embryogenesis Embryogenesis The formation of an embryo from a fertilized ovum, or zygote. Development begins when the zygote, originating from the fusion of male and female gametes, enters a period of cellular proliferation, or cleavage. and a method for plant regeneration. Microspore-containing plant segment from donor plants are harvested and incubated under pre-treatment conditions to maintain microspore at a uninucleate cell cycle G1 phase. Pre-treatment conditions comprise cold water or an aqueous solution of about 0.2-about 1.0 mol/liter sugar alcohol, for example mannitol mannitol /man·ni·tol/ (man´i-tol) a sugar alcohol formed by reduction of mannose or fructose and widely distributed in plants and fungi; an osmotic diuretic used to prevent and treat acute renal failure, to promote excretion of toxic . Microspores are isolated from the plant segment and embryogenesis of microspores is induced in induction medium, thereby producing embryos. Green plants may be regenerated from the embryos produced. Arabinogalactan protein, auxin and ovary ovary, ductless gland of the female in which the ova (female reproductive cells) are produced. In vertebrate animals the ovary also secretes the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone, which control the development of the sexual organs and the secondary sexual co-culture may be added to the induction medium to enhance embryogenesis from microspores. (US 6,812,028) |
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