SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PLANT TISSUE SAMPLING

An automatic plant tissue sampler and a method for operating the same are provided. The sampler can include a plant handler configured to transport a plurality of plants to an imager. The imager may be configured to image plants to identify a sampling location. The automatic plant tissue sampler als...

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Main Authors WIRZ, HOLGER, SERCEL, PATRICK, SHU, SUDONG, SHARPE, AARON
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 30.05.2014
Subjects
APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CALCULATING
CHEMISTRY
CIGARETTES
CIGARS
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ENZYMOLOGY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
METALLURGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
PHYSICS
SMOKERS' REQUISITES
SPIRITS
TOBACCO
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:An automatic plant tissue sampler and a method for operating the same are provided. The sampler can include a plant handler configured to transport a plurality of plants to an imager. The imager may be configured to image plants to identify a sampling location. The automatic plant tissue sampler also includes a sampler configured to remove a tissue sample from the sampling location of plants, and a collection vessel configured to receive the tissue samples. The automatic plant tissue sampler may transport a plurality of plants to an imager and images the plurality of plants to identify a sampling location. The automatic plant tissue sampler can remove a tissue sample from the sampling location of the plurality of plants and store the tissue samples in a collection vessel for testing.
Bibliography:Application Number: CA20132889228