Patent Document ID: 20130000194
Application ID: 13574298
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for the automatic automated objective evaluation of germination properties of plant seeds and/or of seedlings developing from the plant seeds, wherein the plant seeds and seedlings are located in a dense medium as a germination substrate, on the basis of time point-related anatomical features (x, y), the time point-related anatomical features (x, y) being determined in a staggered time sequence during the course of germination by: a) examining the plant seeds and/or seedlings using at least one imaging computer tomographic method process and obtaining three-dimensional, time point-related examination data ( 400 ); b) segmenting the three-dimensional, time point-related examination data ( 400 ) the imaged plant seeds and/or seedlings from the germination substrate being segmented, and allocating the segments obtained ( 516 - 519 ) obtained to anatomical units of the plant seeds and/or seedlings; and c) determining the time point-related anatomical features (x, y), in the form of a volume, an area, and/or a dimension (x,y) of the anatomical units of the plant seeds and seedlings from the allocated segments ( 516 - 519 ), the anatomical features of at least the anatomical units of radicle, hypocotyl and/or cotyledons of the seedlings being determined.