US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on Sept. 23 for "Methods and compositions for improved plant regeneration from microspore-derived embryos" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,236, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"Methods and compositions for improved plant regeneration from microspore-derived embryos" was invented by Ying Guo (Ballwin, Mo.), Daniel Jefferson Karcher (St. Louis), Huachun Wang Larue (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Huai Wang (Chesterfield, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides novel methods and compositions for the maturation and regeneration of plantlets from microspore-derived embryos. The compositions provided include a liquid maturation composition comprising a first plant hormone and about 430 mM to about 880 mM of a monosac...