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Monsanto Technology LLC

Jason T Mitchell

Eric L Borrowman

Jeffrey Lawrence Kohne

Jarrett R Ceglinski

Charles K Johnson

Jeffrey Steven Morris

Joshua Allen Crews

Amanuel G Ghebretinsae

Payman Rassoolkhani

Adam M Barrick

Isaías Segovia

Ralph E Nothdurft

Gretchen E Spiess

Antonio Carlos Santos

Jerry Christopher

Diego Campos

Christian A Saia

Diego Almeida Aguiar

Timothy P Garvin

Aldo Barbosa Lima

Daniel Dillard

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

A pollinating device for pollinating crop plants includes a base mountable on a carriage. At least one pollination unit is mounted on the base and includes a pollen-releasing apparatus configured to release pollen from male flowers of the plants and at least one nozzle for directing fluid along a flow path for delivering at least some of the released pollen to the pollen-receiving rows of crop plants. Certain pollinating devices include multiple pollination units spaced apart along a width of the base. Some pollination units include at least two opposing nozzles. Plants are pollinated by driving the carriage along a field and directing air from the nozzles over the pollen born by some plants to deliver the pollen to female flowers of other plants in the field.

Device and method for pollinating plants

A surface covering for melting ice and/or snow comprises at least one elongate element arranged to form a generally flexible mat structure, and a melting composition integrated with the elongate element. The elongate element may comprise a tube defining a cavity therein, and the melting composition may be disposed within the cavity.

Surface covering for melting ice and snow

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St. Charles, MO, United States of America

Jason T Mitchell