Breeding apparatus
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1. A seedling breeding apparatus comprising:
- a culture unit including a culture box which includes a nutrient medium support capable of holding a nutrient-solution culture medium;
gas feeding means for feeding a gas to the culture box;
gas discharging means for discharging a gas from the culture box;
a nutrient solution feeding system including a nutrient solution reservoir tank for feeding a culture solution nutrient medium to the culture box;
a nutrient-solution discharging system for discharging a useless nutrient-solution nutrient medium out of the culture box; and
a germ entrance-preventive joint means connecting the culture box and the gas feeding means, gas discharging means and nutrient solution feeding and discharging systems and including means for sterilizing the joint means, wherein the feed gas and culture-solution nutrient medium are fed and the discharged gas and useless nutrient-solution nutrient medium are discharge in accordance with the degree of growth of cultured tissues bedded on the nutrient medium support.
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The seedling breeding apparatus according to the present invention comprises a culture box including a nutrient medium support, a removable sterilizable germ-entrance preventive joint connected at one end to the culture box, a gas feeding system and a nutrient medium solution feeding system, both being connected to the culture box through the germ entrance-preventive joint. Therefore, the culture box and the germ entrance-preventive joint can be separated from the feeding systems and sterilized and hence sterilization is easy.
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1. A seedling breeding apparatus comprising:
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a culture unit including a culture box which includes a nutrient medium support capable of holding a nutrient-solution culture medium; gas feeding means for feeding a gas to the culture box; gas discharging means for discharging a gas from the culture box; a nutrient solution feeding system including a nutrient solution reservoir tank for feeding a culture solution nutrient medium to the culture box; a nutrient-solution discharging system for discharging a useless nutrient-solution nutrient medium out of the culture box; and a germ entrance-preventive joint means connecting the culture box and the gas feeding means, gas discharging means and nutrient solution feeding and discharging systems and including means for sterilizing the joint means, wherein the feed gas and culture-solution nutrient medium are fed and the discharged gas and useless nutrient-solution nutrient medium are discharge in accordance with the degree of growth of cultured tissues bedded on the nutrient medium support. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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