US 12,245,587 B2
Pollen preservation method
Sara Katherine Etter, Mitchellville, IA (US); Federico Valverde, Polk City, IA (US); Jason Cope, Ankeny, IA (US); and Todd Krone, Johnston, IA (US)
Filed by Accelerated Ag Technologies, LLC, Ankeny, IA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/028,626.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/529,198, filed on Jul. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0008144 A1, Jan. 10, 2019
Int. Cl. A01G 7/00 (2006.01); A01H 1/02 (2006.01); A01N 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01N 3/00 (2013.01) [A01G 7/00 (2013.01); A01H 1/02 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of preserving the integrity and viability of live pollen grains comprising:
a. preserving pollen, including both live pollen grains and dead pollen contents that have leaked from dead or dying pollen cells, by introducing said live pollen grains and dead pollen contents to at least one solid particulate substance wherein said solid particulate substance prevents said dead pollen contents from interacting with said live pollen grains during the period of preservation; and
b. following said period of preservation and within a period of time that will result in seed set, applying said pollen including both dead pollen contents and live pollen grains to a plant such that at least one of said live pollen grains successfully pollinates said plant.