A plant propagation system is provided that includes a holder for holding at least two plants in relative spaced apart relation to enable a predetermined operation (such as, for example, a cutting operation) to be performed on each of the plants within the holder during a single pass.

A method or process to increase the production of products of interest in plant material including plant cultures, such as, for example, cell suspension cultures, root cultures, and hairy root cultures is provided. In one embodiment, the method is to contacting the plant material with a precursor or xenobiotic when producing a product of interest from a plant. In another embodiment the plant material is also contacted with a trapping agent. The process may also provide for contacting an elicitor of the product of interest with the plant material. An embodiment provides for contacting an elicitor, precursor and trapping agent with the plant material. The ability to produce novel compounds such as glucosides and glucuronides is provided.

One aspect of the disclosure is directed to a method for activation/enhancement of cell growth of a plant. The method also stimulates the production of pharmaceutically active metabolites, including alkaloids, in plant cell cultures. The method includes providing a nano-sized material contained agent, and treating the plant with the nano-sized material contained agent to allow sufficient interaction of cells of the plant with the nano-sized material so as to activate/enhance the cell growth of the plant or to stimulate the production of pharmaceutically active metabolites.

A propagation plug includes an irradiated, hydrophilic substrate body comprising a growing medium having bound organic fibers, the substrate body being rewettable and having a moisture content of less than about 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the body, as measured according to ASTM test method no. D2216 and being sterile as evidenced by having an aerobic bacterial count of <10 cfu/g as measured by ISO test method no. 4833-1.

The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to methods and systems for purifying proteins having a reduced oxalic acid content from aquatic species and compositions thereof.

The present invention is an in vitro culture method to increase both the biomass and the number of seedlings in a number varieties and rootstock types of Prunus spp., particularly Prunus avium, and the use of said culture method, which is a useful means of micropropagating in vitro any variety and rootstock type of Prunus spp., in particular Prunus avium.

The present invention describes a composition for developmental stages including but not limited to callus induction, proliferation, somatic embryogenesis, somatic embryo maturation and embryo germination, of Jatropha plants. The disclosure further describes a process of producing plants of Jatropha species from anthers, wherein the Jatropha species includes but is not limited to haploid plants, double haploid plants, tetraploid plants or polyploid plants by employing the said composition.

A method, apparatus, and system are provided for the printing and maturation of living tissue in an Earth-referenced reduced gravity environment such as that found on a spacecraft or on other celestial bodies. The printing may be three-dimensional structures. The printed structures may be manufactured from low viscosity biomaterials.

The present invention provides medium compositions and methods for the regeneration of the whole plant from explants obtained from plants belonging to the Malvaceae family, particularly the Abelmoschus genus, more preferably Abelmoschus esculentus L, through somatic embryogenesis. The present invention also provides an efficient methodology for genetic transformation of plants belonging to the Malvaceae family through somatic embryogenesis in semisolid culture with the use of the Agrobacterium. The present invention is also related to a method for the development of virus-resistant transgenic plants belonging to the Malvaceae family.

The present invention relates to a method of producing Ingenol, Ingenol esters and/or Tiglian-3-one derivatives, the method comprising the steps of: (a) culturing plant cells obtained from a plant selected from the family Euphorbiaceae in a nutrient medium in a suspension cell culture, wherein the cells produce Ingenol, one or more Ingenol esters and/or one or more Tiglian-3-one derivatives; and (b) recovering the Ingenol, the one or more Ingenol esters and/or the one or more Tiglian-3-one derivatives produced in (a). The present invention further relates to a plant suspension cell culture, wherein the cells are obtained from a plant selected from the family Euphorbiaceae, and wherein the plant cells produce Ingenol and/or one or more Ingenol ester and/or one or more Tiglian-3-one derivatives. The present invention further relates to a plant cell biomass comprising plant cells obtained from the suspension cell culture of the invention, and comprising Ingenol and/or one or more Ingenol esters and/or one or more Tiglian-3-one derivatives. Also, the present invention relates to cryopreserved cells of the plant suspension cell culture of the invention as well as to a method of producing Ingenol, Ingenol esters and/or Tiglian-3-one derivatives based on these cryopreserved cells.