Patent Document ID: 20110167721
Application ID: 13063217
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for analyzing the impact of genetic modifications on plants and selecting a plant with a genetic modification of interest, the method comprising a) providing a plurality of plants growing under controlled environmental conditions, each plant being associated with a machine-readable identification that distinguishes the plant from other plants; b) moving the plants in an automated transporter system at one or more intervals during their growing cycle so as to avoid extended exposure to a particular micro-environment, thereby reducing the influence of micro-environment variations on the phenotype of the plants; c) transporting one or more plants at one or more intervals during its growing cycle through a continuous system for imaging of the plant, wherein the system for imaging comprises a turning mechanism and an imaging device, wherein the turning mechanism turns the plant or the imaging device in a controlled manner; d) imaging one or more characteristic of the plant while the plant is being moved through the imaging system; e) analyzing the images for the one or more characteristic of the plant by computer processing and associating the resulting information with the machine-readable identification information for the plant; f) analyzing the resulting information for the one or more characteristic of the one or more plant to determine the impact of the genetic modification; and g) either selecting one or more plants with a genetic modification of interest or communicating information from analyzing steps e) and/or f) to others for selecting one or more plants with a genetic modification of interest.