人工种子亦称合成种子,无性种子或人造种子。这个术语最初由Mushige于1977年提出,后来又由上海植生所的罗士韦教授介绍给我国(詹祥灿,1984)。目前,人工种子的研究已广泛地开展起来,许多国家还将其列入高科技发展计划,并取得了一系列重大进展。 Artificial seeds are also known as synthetic seeds, vegetative seeds or artificial seeds. The term was originally proposed by Mushige in 1977 and later introduced to our country by Professor Luo Shiwei from the Shanghai Institute of Plant Biology (Zhan Xiangcan, 1984). At present, the research on artificial seeds has been carried out extensively. Many countries have also listed it in the high-tech development plan and made a series of significant progress.