MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202421069145 A) filed by Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Maharashtra, on Sept. 12, 2024, for 'method and system for seed genetic purity estimation and cross-pollination detection in agricultural fields.'
Inventor(s) include Mohite, Jayantrao; Sawant, Suryakant Ashok; Singh, Dineshkumar Jang Bahadur; Pandit, Ankur; and Pappula, Srinivasu.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Current approaches for cross pollination contamination detection mainly rely on field surveys that are generally costly and consumes lot of time. The genetic purity of seed estimation techniques needs specialized equipment which again are associated with high cost and longer time. Present disclosure provides method and system for genetic purity estimation and cross-pollination detection in agricultural fields. The system receives remote sensing, weather, historical and soil health data of region of interest. The system then uses data to calculate contamination score representing contamination due to cross pollination. Thereafter, system uses data to determine field suitability and stress score. Further, system detects deviations in crop characteristics indicative of off-types in and around region of interest based on data. Finally, system estimates genetic purity of seeds coming from crop plotted in region of interest based on contamination, field suitability and field stress score, and off-types to determine genetic purity of seed score."
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