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Automated seed sampler and methods of sampling, testing and bulking seeds

US8071845B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 2010
Grant dateDec 6, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12Q2600/156
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A population of seeds wherein substantially all of the seeds in the population have a portion of seed tissue removed by an automated sampling system. Substantially all of the seeds in the population have the presence or absence of at least one transgene in common, and/or substantially all of the seeds in the population have a high recurrent parent allele frequency. The presence or absence of the at least one transgene in the seeds in the population and/or the recurrent parent allele frequency in the seeds in the population is determined by analyzing the portion of seed tissue removed from the seeds by the automated sampling system.

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