APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING, COLLECTING AND INDEXING SEED PORTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL SEED

摘要

A method, apparatus, and system for coating, singulating, aligning, ablating, and indexing a number of seeds for testing is described. The apparatus has a carrier designed to hold seeds in a predetermined alignment for ablating a seed sample from a seed portion, the seed portions are indexed to the seed samples. The carrier is then located on the apparatus which delivers the seed samples from the carrier to a collector for laboratory testing.