PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for more efficiently inducing a higher-quality somatic embryo group compared to conventional methods by heightening the proportion of a single somatic embryo from a somatic embryo mass of a plant.SOLUTION: The method for inducing the single somatic embryo includes subjecting the somatic embryo mass of the plant to a physical dividing treatment. The method for mass-proliferating the plant includes inducing a large amount of the single somatic embryos from the somatic embryo mass by the method, and germinating the somatic embryos.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】植物の不定胚塊からの単一不定胚の割合を高め、従来法に比してより効率的かつ高品質の不定胚集団を誘導する方法を提供する。【解決手段】植物の不定胚塊を物理的に分割処理することを含む、単一不定胚の誘導方法、並びに、この方法で不定胚塊から単一不定胚を大量に誘導し、該不定胚を発芽させることを含む、植物の大量増殖方法。【選択図】図15