Patent ID: 8613158

Claim:
A method in a computer system for producing a group of growth-induced seeds for commercial use or sale, the method comprising: subjecting a seed to a growth-inducing procedure; monitoring, with one or more processors, the subjected seed for a rate of development toward a specific characteristic, indicated by one or more of a group including: a physiological indicator associated with the specific characteristic and a morphometric indicator associated with the specific characteristic; determining, with one or more processors, whether the seed has a specific rate of development toward the specific characteristic; stopping subjecting the seed to the growth-inducing procedure when the specific rate of development is achieved; preserving the seed determined as having the specific rate of development; and separating the seed determined as having the specific rate of development into the group of growth-induced seeds for commercial use or sale so that every seed of the group has been monitored and determined to have a rate of development similar to the specific rate of development.