IMPROVED METHODS OF PLANT BREEDING USING HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEED SORTING

• Main Authors: BUTRUILLE, DAVID, V, WEYHRICH, ROGER, A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.03.2016
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POSTAL SORTING; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTEDPIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING; SPIRITS; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present disclosure describes improved methods of plant breeding using rapid seed sorting processes. More particularly, it relates to the application of automated systems and methods that rapidly and nondestructively measure, classify, and sort seeds to improve the rate, efficiency, and accuracy of selection decisions and other processes related to improving crop genetics. La présente invention concerne des procédés améliorés de sélection des plantes employant des processus de triage de semences rapides. Plus particulièrement, elle concerne l'application de systèmes et de procédés automatisés permettant de mesurer, de classer et de trier de façon rapide et non destructive des semences afin d'améliorer la vitesse, l'efficacité et la précision des décisions de sélection et d'autres procédés associés à l'amélioration de la génétique des plantes.