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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2018
Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Diego Almeida Aguiar, Paracatu, BR;
Eric L. Borrowman, St. Peters, MO (US);
Diego Campos, Paracatu, BR;
Amanuel G. Ghebretinsae, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Jeffrey L. Kohne, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Aldo Barbosa Lima, Paracatu, BR;
Jason T. Mitchell, St. Charles, MO (US);
Antonio Carlos Santos, Helena, BR;
Isaías Segovia, Lima, PE;
Gretchen E. Spiess, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
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.