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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2016
Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Bin Dai, St. Louis, MO (US);
Susan Macisaac, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kevin L. Deppermann, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mark Ehrhardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brad White, St. Louis, MO (US);
Wayne Brown, St. Louis, MO (US);
Paul Krasucki, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jemmi C. McDonald, St. Louis, MO (US);
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The current disclosure describes an automated high-throughput seed sorting system for separating seed via oil and/or moisture content using novel nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) systems and methods. The disclosed systems and methods for measuring the oil and/or moisture content of a single seed in a low-field time domain NMR instrument are superior in sample throughput and signal-to-noise ratio to conventional NMR systems and methods (free induction decay or spin echo) for single seed oil/moisture measurement.