AUTOMATED SEED SAMPLER AND METHODS OF SAMPLING, TESTING AND BULKING SEEDS

• US 20100299790A1
• Filed: 08/02/2010
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC (Bayer AG)
• Original Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC (Bayer AG)
• Inventors: Deppermann, Kevin L., Petersen, Michael W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,071,845 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 800/312
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 1/00 Apparatus, or methods of use thereof, for testing or treating seed, roots, or the like, prior to sowing or planting
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 1/025 Testing seeds for determining their viability or germination capacity
• CPC Class Codes: A01H 4/003 Cutting apparatus specially adapted for tissue culture
• CPC Class Codes: B07C 2501/009 Sorting of fruit
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/6895 for plants, fungi or algae
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2600/13 Plant traits
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 2600/156 Polymorphic or mutational markers
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 1/04 in the solid state, e.g. by cutting
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 35/00029 provided with flat sample substrates, e.g. slides G01N35/028 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 35/04 Details of the conveyor system G01N35/021 - G01N35/028 take precedence

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.

Claims

1. 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, wherein substantially all of the seeds in the population have the presence or absence of at least one transgene in common, and wherein the presence or absence of the at least one transgene in the seeds in the population is determined by analyzing the portion of seed tissue removed from the seeds.

2. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein all of the seeds in the population have the presence or absence of the at least one transgene in common.

3. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein seeds in the population are used for trait integration.

4. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein all of the seeds in the population have a portion of seed tissue removed by an automated sampling system.

5. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein the seeds in the population include corn seeds.

6. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein the seeds in the population include soybean seeds.

7. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein at least some of the seeds in the population having the presence or absence of the at least one transgene in common are planted to produce a fertile plant.

8. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein at least some of the seeds in the population having the presence or absence of the at least one transgene in common are planted to produce a fertile plant, and wherein the fertile plant is used as either a female parent or male parent in a cross with another plant.

9. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein the seeds in the population are obtained from at least one plant grown from a seed having a portion of seed tissue removed by an automated sampling system.

10. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein substantially all of the seeds in the population have at least two portions of seed tissue removed from different depths of the seeds by the automated sampling system.

11. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein the portion of seed tissue removed from substantially all of the seeds in the population defines a kerf in the seeds.

12. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein the population comprises at least fifty seeds.

13. The population of seeds of claim 1, wherein at least about fifty percent of the seeds in the population are viable.

14. 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, wherein substantially all of the seeds in the population have a high recurrent parent allele frequency, and wherein the recurrent parent allele frequency in the seeds in the population is determined by analyzing the portion of seed tissue removed from the seeds.

15. The population of seeds of claim 14, wherein all of the seeds in the population have a high recurrent parent allele frequency.

16. The population of seeds of claim 14, wherein all of the seeds in the population have a portion of seed tissue removed by an automated sampling system.

17. The population of seeds of claim 14, wherein the seeds in the population include corn seeds.

18. The population of seeds of claim 14, wherein the seeds in the population include soybean seeds.

19. The population of seeds of claim 14, wherein at least some of the seeds in the population are planted to produce a fertile plant.

20. The population of seeds of claim 14, wherein at least some of the seeds in the population are planted to produce a fertile plant, and wherein the fertile plant is used as either a female parent or male parent in a cross with another plant.

21. The population of seeds of claim 14, wherein at least about fifty percent of the seeds in the population are viable.

22. The population of seeds of claim 14, wherein the seeds in the population are obtained from at least one plant grown from a seed having a portion of seed tissue removed by an automated sampling system.