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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2019
Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael Bailey, St. Louis, MO (US);
Corey G Barth, St. Louis, MO (US);
Wayne Brown, St. Louis, MO (US);
William M Fischer, St. Louis, MO (US);
Bradley D Hart, St. Louis, MO (US);
Armen Kachar, St. Louis, MO (US);
Krishna Motaparti, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kyle B Smith, St. Louis, MO (US);
Sudhager Subramaniam, St. Louis, MO (US);
Ryan K Tellor, St. Louis, MO (US);
Matthew J Weis, St. Louis, MO (US);
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A high throughput system for depositing seed into germination wells of a germination tray. The system comprises a seed distribution subsystem, and an individual seed transfer subsystem structured and operable to transfer individual seeds from wells in a seed storage tray to the seed deposition subsystem. The system additionally comprises a bulk seed transfer subsystem structured and operable to singulate a plurality of bulk seeds and transfer each singulated seed to the seed deposition subsystem, wherein the seed distribution subsystem structured and operable to receive seeds from the individual seed transfer subsystem and the bulk seed transfer subsystem, and deposit the seeds into wells of the seed germination tray.