John H Hoekstra

US Patent:

20100047801, Feb 25, 2010

Filed:

Jul 31, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/533145

Inventors:

JASON COPE - Ankeny IA, US
JOHN C. HOEKSTRA - Johnston IA, US
JAMES DAVID DIMOND - Ames IA, US
STEVEN M. BECKER - Johnston IA, US
DAVID E. BOWEN - Grimes IA, US
TIMOTHY P. MEYER - Des Moines IA, US
JAMES L. HUNTER - Ankeny IA, US
BARRY L. STOTT - Winterset IA, US
LOREN STEENHOEK - Ankeny IA, US
JASON J. KELSICK - Alleman IA, US
DAVID C. SMITH - Ankeny IA, US
JOSHUA L. MONGAN - ST. CHARLES IA, US

Assignee:

PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. - Johnston IA

International Classification:

C12Q 1/68
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

435 6, 7071041, 707E17044

Abstract:

A method for managing seed includes non-destructively sampling individual seeds to assist in providing evaluation data for each of the individual seeds, storing the evaluation data and seed identifiers associated with each of the individual seeds in a data store, selecting a subset of seed for planting at least partially based on the evaluation data, and planting the subset of seed. A system for management of seed on an individual seed basis includes an evaluation subsystem for evaluating individual non-destructively sampled seeds to provide evaluation data for the seeds, a selection subsystem for selecting a subset of the individual seeds at least partially based on the evaluation data, and a planting subsystem for planting the subset of individual seeds.