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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2008
Applicant:
Robert Conrad, Wheaton, IL (US);
Inventor:
Robert Conrad, Wheaton, IL (US);
Assignee:
Ball Horticultural Company, West Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.