Patent ID: 6212824
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: A01G,A01M,G06K,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of plant breeding, the method comprising the steps of:a) essentially simultaneously obtaining a separate energy value for each of a plurality of genotypes of said plant using remote sensing of said genotypes;b) performing operations on said energy value to define a descriptor of a phenotypic trait in said genotypes;c) using said descriptor to compare the values of said phenotypic trait among a plurality of said genotypes;d) identifying from said genotypes a genotype that displays a preferred value of said phenotypic trait relative to a second genotype to which the identified genotype was compared; ande) selecting said identified genotype and(i) crossing plants of said identified genotype with the same genotype or a second genotype for purposes of plant breeding; or(ii) growing plants of said identified genotype for further evaluation of phenotypic trait performance.