Patent ID: 6907319

Claim:
A system for a variable rate application of pesticides, comprising a) a vehicle capable of traversing an agricultural production area; b) at least one sensor for attachment to said vehicle for direct sensing plant and/or condition data on said agricultural production area, said sensor being capable of transmitting said directly sensed data to computing means; c) computing means for processing data output of said sensor; d) at least one tank mounted on or attached to said vehicle carrying pesticidal formuations; e) pesticide delivery means mounted on or attached to said vehicle capable of receiving delivery instructions from said computing means and of delivering pesticides from said tank in compliance with said instructions; characterized in that f) said computing means is capable of reading and processing data from a computer readable medium having stored thereon a plurality or data, said plurality of data including data relating to a standardized functional relationship between the amounts of individual pesticides and the biological effects achievable with said amounts on said plants or their environment, wherein said functional relationship comprises a dose-response curve.