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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2021
Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Zachary Boyer, Fenton, MO (US);
Plinio Tadeu Cristofoletti, Jr., Uberlandia, BR;
Justin Scott Kayser, Wentzville, MO (US);
Jeffrey Steven Morris, Saint Charles, MO (US);
Payman Rassoolkhani, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Felipe Camargo Rosa, Uberlandia, BR;
Monsanto Technology LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A pollen collection device for collecting pollen from crop plants grown in rows includes a housing assembly configured to be mounted on a base for being transported through a row of crop plants. The housing assembly receives at least a portion of the plants as the housing assembly is transported through the row of crop plants. An agitation assembly is attached to the housing assembly for agitating the plants as the housing assembly is transported through the row of crop plants to displace pollen from the plants. A pollen collection assembly is attached to the housing assembly for collecting the pollen displaced from the plants as the housing assembly is transported through the row of crop plants.