Monsanto Technology LLC

Daniel Dillard

Eric L Borrowman

Jeffrey Lawrence Kohne

Jarrett R Ceglinski

Jason T Mitchell

Charles K Johnson

Joshua Allen Crews

Jeffrey Steven Morris

Payman Rassoolkhani

Timothy P Garvin

Adam M Barrick

Christian A Saia

Ralph E Nothdurft

Jerry Christopher

Provided herein are systems and methods for the automation of seed planting and analysis comprising automated planting of the seeds, germination, and analysis. The methods generally comprise conveying containers containing seeds to an automated seed planting station, wherein each container includes a machine-readable tag, planting at least some of the seeds in the container onto respective planting trays, wherein each planting tray includes a machine-readable tag, allowing the seeds to germinate, and analyzing the germinated seeds. The systems generally comprise a seed planting system and a planting verification and correction system. Also provided herein are backlit templates comprising a light source and a power interface configured to connect to a power source to power the light source.

Automated seed planting and evaluation

Growing community of inventors

Labadie, MO, United States of America

Daniel Dillard