“…Sometimes, indolebutyric acid at 1.0 mg/L (Tret'yakova et al, 2012), 5.0 mg/L of auxin transport inhibitor 2-(p-chlorophenoxy)-2-methylpropionic acid (PCIB), 5.0 mg/L phloroglucinol (auxin synergist) (Kim, Moon, 2009) or silver nitrate (2.0-5.5 mg/L) (Saly et al, 2002;Song et al, 2018) are used together with abscisic acid to improve the process of maturation of somatic embryos. Improving the quality of somatic embryos, their germination and the formation of full-fledged plants is achieved by combining abscisic acid with activated carbon (0.5-10 g/L), which is introduced into the nutrient medium during the pre-maturation of somatic embryos (Harry et al, 1991;Qi et al, 2004;Umehara et al, 2004;Tretyakova et al, 2016). Considering that maturing somatic embryos should be exposed to water stress, similar to developing zygotic embryos in vivo, substances such as polyethylene glycol 3000-4000 at 4-10 %, sucrose at an increased concentration (3-8 %) or maltose (3 %), and gelling agents gelright or phytagel (0.3-0.4 %) are introduced into the nutrient medium in order to reduce the available water (Klimaszewska et al, 1997;Ma et al, 1998;Qi et al, 2004;Lu et al, 2005;Teyssier et al, 2011;Tret'yakova, Barsukova, 2012;Song et al, 2018).…”