MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617092968 A) filed by Syngenta Crop Protection AG on July 31, 2026, for Evaluation Of Germinating Seedlings.

Inventors include Paran, Tahl; and Sadeghi-Tehran, Pouria.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: There is disclosed an image processing method for assessing a germinating seedling. The method comprises: identifying at least a part of a germinating seedling within an image; and determining one or more geometric characteristics of the identified at least part of the germinating seedling. The method may further comprise determining one or more parameters for assessing the germinating seedling based on the one or more geometric characteristics. The one or more geometric characteristics may comprise one or more of: a length; and a surface area of the at least part of the germinating seedling. At least part of the germinating seedling may comprise one or more of: a root; a shoot; a seed; and a leaf of the at least part of the germinating seedling.

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