Abstract: A manufactured seed is provided. The manufactured seed includes a seed shell housing a nutritive media and a restraint disposed within the seed shell. The restraint includes a cavity. The manufactured seed also includes an embryo disposed within the cavity and a fill material disposed within the cavity. The manufactured further includes a seal disposed on the seed shell to seal the embryo within the seed shell.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 1, 2008
Date of Patent:
July 29, 2014
Assignee:
Weyerhaeuser NR Company LLP
Inventors:
Jeffrey E. Hartle, William C. Carlson, Antony R. Shoaf