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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2011
Jeffrey W. Hartsook, Madrid, IA (US);
Michael R. Bohnert, Ames, IA (US);
David J. Baitinger, Ankeny, IA (US);
Ana Paula Da Silva Dias, Sycamore, IL (US);
Travis J. Frey, Brentwood, MO (US);
Jeffrey W. Hartsook, Madrid, IA (US);
Michael R. Bohnert, Ames, IA (US);
David J. Baitinger, Ankeny, IA (US);
Ana Paula da Silva Dias, Sycamore, IL (US);
Travis J. Frey, Brentwood, MO (US);
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for inoculating a plurality of plants. In various embodiments, an exemplary method includes spraying a plurality of plants with an inoculum utilizing an automated inoculum spraying subsystem of a mobile inoculation system. The method additionally includes spraying the plurality of plants with a grit medium utilizing an automated grit blasting subsystem of the mobile inoculation system. Spraying the plants with the grit medium inflicts a plurality of wounds to the tissue of the plants on a plurality of surfaces of the plants. The wounds inflicted by the grit medium allow the inoculum to be absorbed into the plants to inoculate the plants.