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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2013
Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc., Johnston, IA (US);
Jason M. Cope, Ankeny, IA (US);
David Kurth, Grimes, IA (US);
Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc, Johnston, IA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to a system and method for obtaining a test sample from a seed or seeds. The method generally includes placing at least one seed into a seed sampling chamber, breaking the seed into a plurality of seed particles inside the seed sampling chamber, placing a sampling element into the seed sampling chamber, and collecting at least a portion of the plurality of seed particles with the sampling element by attracting at least a portion of the seed particles to a surface of the sampling element or by forcing at least a portion of the seed particles into a feature of the sampling element. In some embodiments, the method further includes using a sampling element transfer device to transfer the sampling element to an extraction well, which may be used to extract DNA or proteins from the collected portion of seed particles.