Patent ID: 8621780

Claim:
A seed treatment method comprising: (a) obtaining a quantity of seeds from a seed supplier; (b) obtaining a seed care product from a seed care product supplier; (c) determining a size-adjusted application rate at which to apply said seed care product to said quantity of seeds, wherein said size-adjusted application rate is based on the seed size of said quantity of seeds; and (d) applying at least a portion of said seed care product to at least a portion of said quantity of seeds at said size-adjusted application rate to thereby provide treated seeds, wherein said determining of step (c) includes acquiring a size index that provides a correlation between seed size and an application rate of said seed care product, wherein said acquiring of said size index is carried out by using a Size Index Rate Adjustment (“SIRA”) equation provided on or with said seed care product, wherein said determining of step (c) includes calculating said size-adjusted application rate by inputting said seed size of said quantity of seeds into said SIRA equation.