It is not a new but so many times it is not used on a commercial scale and cost is also very high.
In Italy some nursery are interested to synthetic seed technology for mass propagation of plants
You can find many informations consulting our recent publication " Encapsulation of in vitro-derived explants: an innovative tool for nurseries" (Standardi A, Micheli M). In: Protocols for Micropropagation of selected economically-important horticultural plants, I edited by Lambardi M., Ozudogru E.A., Jain S.M., 01/2013: chapter 31: pages 397-418; Spinger -Humana Press., ISBN: 978-1-62703-073-1
I dont think it is done in a commercial scale in India - it is a costly technique.
As long as the production will be manual I agree. But the automation could facilitate the diffusion of this technology.
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