Method for grouping a plurality of growth-induced seeds for commercial use or sale based on testing of each individual seed
US8613158B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 18, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30128
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for producing a group of growth-induced seeds for commercial use or sale, the method including monitoring a physiological indication and/or morphometric indication for a seed, automatically determining if the monitored seed has a specific characteristic, separating the monitored seed having the specific characteristic into a group of seeds for commercial use or sale so that each and every seed in the group has been monitored and determined to have the specific characteristic.
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