Patent ID: 8537360
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: A01B,A01C,A01G,G01C,G01N

Abstract:
1. A system for phenotyping soybean plants for evidence of iron deficiency chlorosis, the system comprising: (a) a row of soybean plants comprising a plurality of micro-plots of one or more soybean plants; (b) iron deficiency chlorosis sensing apparatus; (c) the sensing apparatus mounted on the vehicle for transport of the sensing apparatus over the row of soybean plants, wherein said sensing apparatus is positioned proximate the soybean plants; (d) a sensor housing restricting the field of the sensing apparatus to a single micro-plot; (e) a data signal generated by the sensing apparatus corresponding to the evidence of iron deficiency chlorosis of the plant or plants in the single micro-plot; and (f) a computer for receiving and storing the data signal associated with each micro-plot.