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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2015
Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael Gall, St. Louis, MO (US);
Edward Carter, St. Louis, MO (US);
Haitao Xiang, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kevin Deppermann, St. Louis, MO (US);
Steven J. Baldwin, St. Louis, MO (US);
Thomas W. Christian, St. Louis, MO (US);
Susan A. Macisaac, St. Louis, MO (US);
Akash D. Nakarmi, St. Louis, MO (US);
Boyan N. Peshlov, St. Louis, MO (US);
Beiyan Zeng, St. Louis, MO (US);
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
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.