Automated contamination-free seed sampler and methods of sampling, testing and bulking seeds

The invention relates to an automated seed sampler system (10), comprising an orientation system (200) configured to orient a seed; a sampling station (500) configured to remove tissue from the oriented seed; and a seed transport subsystem (600) capable of conveying the oriented seed to the sampling...

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Hauptverfasser:	KOESTEL, ANGELA, DEPPERMAN, KEVIN L, RAHN, PHILIP, LISTELLO, JENNIFER
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY FERTILISING FISHING FORESTRY HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASURING NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM PHYSICS PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES PLANTING SOWING TESTING TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:	The invention relates to an automated seed sampler system (10), comprising an orientation system (200) configured to orient a seed; a sampling station (500) configured to remove tissue from the oriented seed; and a seed transport subsystem (600) capable of conveying the oriented seed to the sampling station (500). The seed transport subsystem (600) includes a seed holder (304) configured to hold the seed in a desired orientation. The orientation system (200) includes an imaging device (208) configured to collect at least one image of the seed, and is configured to orient the seed in a desired orientation based on the at least one image of the seed collected by the imaging device. Tissue may be removed from multiple seeds when these are positioned together in a desired orientation in a seed transport subsystem (600).