Hill Plot Farming Method for Cereal Grains
OwnerWayne L. McProud, Gene Elbert McProudinventors
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Abstract
The invention consists of a method of planting seeds of plants selected for enhanced colony growth attributes in a hill plot seeding method to produce an enhanced commercial yield of cereal grain as well as a method of producing seeds selected for enhanced colony growth attributes.
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Seeds of a cereal grain selected for enhanced colony growth attributes, wherein said seeds are derived from the following process:
- planting a plurality of seeds of a cereal grain in a seed planting site within a series of seed planting sites and repeating said step to plant a plurality of seeds in each of said seed planting sites within said series of seed planting sites until a desired number of seed planting sites have been seeded;
- growing said seeds into a plurality of plants;
- selecting said individual plants for one or more desired traits in said series of seed planting sites, wherein one of said desired traits in said series of seed planting sites further comprises enhanced colony growth attributes;
- breeding said plants exhibiting one or more of said desired traits in said series of seed planting sites within said hill plot planting designs to produce seeds that produce offspring having seeds exhibiting one or more of said desired traits;
- harvesting said seeds from said offspring;
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- wherein said process is performed at least one time to produce the resulting seeds.
Seeds of a cereal grain selected for enhanced colony growth attributes of claim one, wherein said process further comprises repeating the steps a plurality of times to produce the resulting seeds.
A method of genetically selecting seeds of cereal grains for enhanced colony growth attributes and planting said seeds of cereal grains for enhanced colony growth performance, wherein said method comprises the following steps in a cycle:
- planting a plurality of seeds of a cereal grain in a seed planting site within a series of seed planting sites and repeating said step to plant a plurality of seeds in each of said seed planting sites within said series of seed planting sites until a desired number of seed planting sites have been seeded;
- growing said plurality of seeds into individual plants within a colony of plants;
- selecting said individual plants for one or more desired traits in said series of seed planting sites, wherein one of said desired traits in said series of seed planting sites further comprises enhanced colony growth attributes;
- breeding said plants exhibiting one or more of said desired traits in said series of seed planting sites within said hill plot planting designs to produce seeds that produce offspring having seeds exhibiting one or more of said desired traits;
- harvesting said seeds from said offspring;
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- wherein said cycle of said method is performed at least one time.
A method of planting seeds of cereal grains for enhanced yield, said method for planting seeds of cereal grains comprising:
- planting a plurality of seeds into a seed bed within a series of seed beds on a hill plot, wherein a plurality of seeds is planted into each seed bed, wherein said seeds planted into each of said seed beds grow into a colony of cereal grain plants, wherein said seeds of said method of planting seeds of cereal grains comprise seeds of plants that have been selected for enhanced colony growth attributes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.