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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Kevin L. Deppermann, St. Charles, MO (US);
Lee Yannakakis, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Andrew M. Singleton, Manchester, MO (US);
Angela R. Koestel, St. Louis, MO (US);
David W. Finley, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brian J. Forinash, St. Louis, MO (US);
Allen N. Ondes, St. Louis, MO (US);
Sam R. Eathington, St. Louis, MO (US);
Heather M. Forbes, St. Charles, MO (US);
Bruce J. Schnicker, Wildwood, MO (US);
Jason K. Bull, Wildwood, MO (US);
Kevin L. Deppermann, St. Charles, MO (US);
Lee Yannakakis, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Andrew M. Singleton, Manchester, MO (US);
Angela R. Koestel, St. Louis, MO (US);
David W. Finley, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brian J. Forinash, St. Louis, MO (US);
Allen N. Ondes, St. Louis, MO (US);
Sam R. Eathington, St. Louis, MO (US);
Heather M. Forbes, St. Charles, MO (US);
Bruce J. Schnicker, Wildwood, MO (US);
Jason K. Bull, Wildwood, MO (US);
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
An automated system for sampling seeds includes a seed loading station for separating individual seeds from a plurality of seeds held in a seed hopper, an imaging station configured to receive the separated seeds from the seed loading station and collect image data of the received seeds, and a seed sampling subsystem configured to remove tissue samples from the seeds after the image data of the seeds is collected. And, an automated method for sampling seeds includes separating individual seeds from a plurality of seeds, imaging the separated seeds, and removing tissue samples from the imaged seeds.