The invention relates to a
torreya grandis seed after-
ripening treatment method for promoting
embryo development, used for
gymnosperm taxaceae
torreya..
Pearlite or
river sand is soaked by clear water under the condition that no water is dropped when the
pearlite or the
river sand is held by hands and a soaked
pearlite or
river sand layer is paved at the bottom of a container, then
torreya grandis seeds are placed in a layer way, and the soaked
pearlite or river sand layer is covered on the
torreya grandis seeds, and then other seeds are placed again, and then the soaked pearlite or river sand layer is covered on the seeds by parity of reasoning until the upper part of the container is covered by the pearlite or river sand layer; then poikilothermic treatment is carried out for 90-100 days; inspection is carried out and the pearlite or river sand is maintained to be moist, and no water is accumulated; after the seeds are subjected to after-
ripening treatment for 90 days by adopting the method, not only reaches
embryo development rate up to more than 95%, and
dissection shows that
torreya grandis grow to a fresh green mature
embryo with the length of being about 2cm from a flavescent young embryo with the length of being about 0.001cm and the size same as that of a needle point, and the mature embryo almost penetrates trough the whole
torreya grandis seed; and secondly, the torreya grandis seed after-
ripening treatment method disclosed by the invention is applicable to
sowing, raising
seedling and
tissue culture of the mature embryo, cotyledons, embryo, embryonic axis and
endosperm of the torreya grandis and is also applicable to all torreya plants in the world.