SOLUTIONS AND METHODS FOR LONG-TERM POLLEN STORAGE

Fecha de publicación: 15/09/2022
Fuente: WIPO "pollen"
The invention provides novel solutions and methods for storage and delivery of pollen to a female reproductive part of a recipient plant. The pollen storage solution provided includes a solute that maintains the tonicity of the pollen storage solution at a concentration between about 0.5M and about 3.0M and a cryoprotectant. The methods provided include storing the pollen storage solution and applying pollen stored in the storage pollen solution to at least a first female reproductive part of a recipient plant, thereby pollinating the female reproductive part with the stored pollen from the donor plant.