US 11,849,686 B2
Wheat seed production
Todd Krone, Des Moines, IA (US); Jason Cope, Ankeny, IA (US); Mark E. Westgate, Ames, IA (US); and George Singletary, Ankeny, IA (US)
Assigned to Accelerated Ag Technologies, LLC, Ames, IA (US)
Filed by Accelerated Ag Technologies, LLC, Ankeny, IA (US)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/102,805.
Application 17/102,805 is a continuation of application No. 15/192,485, filed on Jun. 24, 2016, granted, now 10,905,060.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/269,514, filed on Dec. 18, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/269,531, filed on Dec. 18, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/269,496, filed on Dec. 18, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/184,596, filed on Jun. 25, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0076583 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01H 1/02 (2006.01); A01H 6/46 (2018.01); A01H 6/54 (2018.01)
CPC A01H 1/02 (2013.01) [A01H 1/023 (2021.01); A01H 6/4684 (2018.05); A01H 6/542 (2018.05)] 19 Claims
 
1. A method of wheat seed production, said method comprising:
a. growing a designated female wheat parent plant including female reproductive components to receive pollen, said female reproductive components having a pollination window and wherein said designated female parent plant is exposed to undesirable pollen from an undesirable pollen source during said pollination window; and said pollination window has a first daily period wherein undesirable pollen is not shed and a second daily period wherein undesirable pollen is shed;
b. intentionally pollinating said designated female parent plant on one or more occasions with designated male wheat pollen during said daily first period wherein pollen is not shed from said undesirable pollen source;
c. growing the designated female plant to maturity; and
d. harvesting the seed produced by said designated female plant; wherein the designated male wheat pollen is from a wheat plant genetically different from the designated female parent plant; and wherein the female reproductive components are not covered to prevent undesirable pollination.