SYSTEM FOR SELECTING PLANTS FROM AMONG A POPULATION OF PLANTS
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Abstract
Provided is a system (1) and method for identifying one or more plants in a population of two or more plants (4). The method includes monitoring one or more parameters of a plant (4) of the population and generating one or more time signals indicative of values of the one or more parameters. The signals are processed to calculate one or both of a transpiration rate of each plant and a rate of change of a transpiration rate over each of one or more time intervals. The plants are then ranked using an algorithm involving the calculated transpiration rates, and plants having a ranking above a predetermined ranking are identified. Further provided is a system for carrying out the method of the invention.
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32 Claims
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17. A system for identifying one or more plants in a population of two or more plants, comprising:
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(a) two or more monitoring units, each monitoring unit comprising one or more sensors configured to sense one or more parameters of a plant of the population associated with the monitoring unit and generating one or more time signals indicative of values of the one or more parameters; and (b) a processor configured to; (i) receive the time signals from the monitoring units and to process the signals to calculate one or both of a transpiration rate or a rate of change of the transpiration rate of the plant associated with each monitoring unit over each of one or more time intervals; (ii) rank the plants in the population using an algorithm involving the calculated rates of the plants; (iii) identifying plants having a ranking above a predetermined ranking; and (iv) displaying on a display device identifiers of the identified plants; and (c) a display device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for identifying one or more plants in a population of two or more plants, comprising:
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(a) monitoring one or more parameters of a plant of the population associated with the monitoring unit and generating one or more time signals indicative of values of the one or more parameters; (b) processing the signals to calculate one or both of a transpiration rate of the plant or a rate of change of the transpiration rate associated with each monitoring unit over each of one or more time intervals; (c) ranking the plants in the population using an algorithm involving the calculated transpiration rates of the plants; (d) identifying plants having a ranking above a predetermined ranking; and (e) displaying on a display device identifiers of the identified plants.
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