	US 12,102,046 B2
	Seaweed cultivation method and system
Aurelie Marie Allard-Latour, La roche Maurice (FR); Julian Hermoyner Caceres Villegas, Santiago (CL); Jan Sebastien, Plouguerneau (FR); and Emilio Antonio Mercado Tapia, Puerto Montt (CL)
Assigned to Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/907,690
Filed by Cargill, Incorportated, Wayzata, MN (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/024129 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 29, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/202233, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20167539 (EP), filed on Apr. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0134126 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 33/00 (2006.01); A01C 1/02 (2006.01)

CPC A01G 33/00 (2013.01) [A01C 1/02 (2013.01)]

13 Claims

1. A method of cultivating carageenophytic seaweed, the method comprising:

a. providing a reproductive tissue of the seaweed;

b. releasing spores from the reproductive tissue by:

(i) contacting the reproductive tissue with a non-saline aqueous solution;

(ii) at least partially dehydrating the reproductive tissue;

(iii) contacting said at least partially dehydrated tissue with a first saline solution to produce a spore-containing saline; and

(iv) optionally filtering the spore-containing saline;

c. adding the spore-containing saline to a container containing a second saline solution and a substrate and allowing the spores to settle on the substrate, wherein said substrate is at least partially immersed in said second saline solution;

d. germinating spores on the substrate; and

e. growing the seaweed from the germinated spores.