Rapid Pulse Programming of Seeds Using Unnatural Light Exposure

An illuminated agricultural planter that allows rapid pulse programming of a seed, to obtain at least one of improved germination probability, increased root mass, and increased crop yield, wherein said illuminated agricultural planter comprises:

• [1] an agricultural planter (PLANTER) so formed, sized, and operated for at least one of metering and deposition of said seed;
• [2] an illuminator (IE8) so sized, positioned, operated, deployed, and energized to illuminate said seed in said agricultural planter in at least one of a hopper, a transfer point, a seed accumulation point, a seed metering point, a soil opening point, a soil closing point, and a seed deposition point of said agricultural planter;
• said illuminator further so sized, positioned, operated, deployed and energized to illuminate said seed with electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength distribution ranging from 300 nm to 20 microns, and said illuminating so formed and arrayed and timed to illuminate said seed with a minimum average irradiance of 0.2 Watts/cm2 and a maximum average irradiance of 7 Watts/cm2, and also having a narrow specific range of cumulative illumination energy from ½ Joule/cm2, to one of 3 Joules/cm2 and a transition point cumulative illumination energy Emax Joules/cm2, so as to specifically engage and cause an irradiance-sensitive and energy-sensitive hidden stimulative exposure response in said seed within said narrow specific range of cumulative illumination energy, and so as to avoid illumination of higher cumulative illumination energy that would cause a different and destructive exposure response in said seed.

A plurality of rapid pulse programmed seeds obtaining at least one of improved germination probability, increased root mass, and increased crop yield, said rapid pulse programming comprising:

• [1] transporting said seeds to and from a processing theater;
• [2] illumination of said seeds in said processing theater with electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength distribution ranging from 300 nm to 20 microns, and said illuminating so formed and arrayed and timed to illuminate said seed with a minimum average irradiance of 0.2 Watts/cm2 and a maximum average irradiance of 7 Watts/cm2, and also having a narrow specific range of cumulative illumination energy from 1/2 Joule/cm2, to one of:
• [a] 3 Joules/cm2 and
• [b] a transition point cumulative illumination energy Emax Joules/cm2, chosen so as to specifically engage and cause an irradiance-sensitive and energy-sensitive hidden stimulative exposure response in said seed within said narrow specific range of cumulative illumination energy, and so as to avoid illumination of higher cumulative illumination energy that would cause a different and destructive exposure response in said seed.