Chang Shu-hua explains that by removing embryos from yew seeds and serving them up a different "menu" --a growth medium which promotes germination--and by eliminating all the factors that can lead to disease during the germination process, the institute is now able to germinate Taiwan yew seeds within ten days, with a germination rate of 100 %.
張淑華解釋，林試所將紅豆杉果實裡的胚胎挑出培養，提供另一份「菜單」，即添加促進發芽的培養液，將發芽過程中可能致病的因素去除，如今紅豆杉種子十天即可發芽，且發芽率百分之百。