So, what exactly is a synthetic seed? A synthetic seed isn’t a traditional seed at all, it’s a small, encapsulated piece of plant tissue, like a shoot tip or somatic embryo, surrounded by a protective gel coating that mimics the natural seed structure. This allows the plant to be stored, transported, and even germinated later under controlled conditions, without soil, without a parent plant, and without losing its genetic stability. Synthetic seeds make it possible to preserve rare or elite gene