Monsanto Technology LLC

Beiyan Zeng

Kevin Lee Deppermann

Susan A Macisaac

Edward V Carter

Haitao Xiang

Boyan N Peshlov

Thomas W Christian

Michael Gall

Steven J Baldwin

Akash D Nakarmi

A mobile platform structured and operable to perform: in-field phenotype and/or genotype data acquisition; image data acquisition; tissue sampling; selection and/or counting of plants growing in a plot; plant height measurement; product and treatment application to plants growing in the plot (e.g., prescriptive and localized insecticide products); sampling of soil where such plants are growing; removal of weeds in such plots; and real-time analysis of all such data and/or samples acquired/collected. Additionally, when combined with location positioning technology and path planning, such a vehicle is further structured and operable to re-enter a field numerous times throughout a season to accurately and repeatably monitor growing conditions, plant response or prescriptive application of a product.

Apparatus and methods for in-field data collection and sampling

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Beiyan Zeng