公开(公告)号：US11641817B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US16476508

申请日：2018-01-05

申请人： Monsanto Technology LLC

发明人： Diego Almeida Aguiar ,  Eric L. Borrowman ,  Diego Campos ,  Amanuel G. Ghebretinsae ,  Jeffrey L. Kohne ,  Aldo Barbosa Lima ,  Jason T. Mitchell ,  Antonio Carlos Santos ,  Isaías Segovia ,  Gretchen E. Spiess

IPC分类号： A01H1/02 ,  A01G22/00 ,  A01G7/06

CPC分类号： A01H1/027 ,  A01G7/06 ,  A01G22/00

摘要： A pollinating device for pollinating crop plants includes a base mountable on a carriage. At least one pollination unit is mounted on the base and includes a pollen-releasing apparatus configured to release pollen from male flowers of the plants and at least one nozzle for directing fluid along a flow path for delivering at least some of the released pollen to the pollen-receiving rows of crop plants. Certain pollinating devices include multiple pollination units spaced apart along a width of the base. Some pollination units include at least two opposing nozzles. Plants are pollinated by driving the carriage along a field and directing air from the nozzles over the pollen born by some plants to deliver the pollen to female flowers of other plants in the field.