Method for selecting crop varieties
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1. A process of selecting a crop variety, comprising:
- viewing a digitized map of a field, the digitized map depicting areas denoted by an indicium, said areas having an optimized adaptation for a variety subset; and
selecting the crop variety from the variety subset, the variety subset denoted by the indicium.
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Abstract
A process of recommending crop varieties based on management categories. The management categories are determined by utilizing indices, which measure the economic implication of physical and chemical properties of a specific soil type in a region. The management categories may then be indicated graphically by indicia overlaying digitized soil maps, each of the indicia grouping soil types within a management category. Each crop variety is characterized by how the crop variety performs in each of the management categories. Each of the crop varieties may then be assigned an indicium of the management category for which it is adapted.
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30 Claims
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1. A process of selecting a crop variety, comprising:
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viewing a digitized map of a field, the digitized map depicting areas denoted by an indicium, said areas having an optimized adaptation for a variety subset; and selecting the crop variety from the variety subset, the variety subset denoted by the indicium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A process of integrating a set of soil characteristics and a set of crop variety characteristics, comprising:
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obtaining a set of physical properties characterizing a subset of soil types; using the set of physical properties to obtain a set of corresponding indices; using the set of indices to obtain a set of management categories, each of the soil types characterized by one of the management categories; obtaining a set of adaptation characteristics for a corresponding set of crop varieties; and using the set of adaptation characteristics of each of the set of crop varieties to designate which of the set of crop varieties should be planted in each of the management categories. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A process of determining crop management categories, comprising:
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compiling a set of physical properties for a set of soil types in a region; and assigning each of the soil types in the region to one of the crop management categories. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A process of determining seeding rate of a variety being seeded, comprising:
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providing a planter with a variable seeding rate, the planter in electrical or electromagnetic communication with a digitized soil map, the digitized soil map having areas defined by crop management categories; and seeding the variety, the seeding rate of the variety determined by the position on the planter relative to the crop management categories.
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22. An integrated data set, comprising:
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categories describing corresponding sectors of a field and derived from soil indices, each of said categories describing one of said corresponding sectors of the field having a unique indicium; and categories describing corresponding sets of crop varieties and depicting the response of the crop variety set to the soil and environmental indices, each of the categories describing a crop corresponding to the categories describing the sector of the field and having the unique indicium. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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