Instead of expect several weeks , get sixth sense into the germination capacitance of seeds within a few days , and also save on labor . With their new seed digital scanner , Sendot has a great piece of mechanisation to provide to breeding troupe but also to plant breeders and growers who want to know what kind of seeds they have .
On Wednesday , May 24 , the first installation was delivered to a Dutch plant grower . At the sensor manufacturing business ’s headquarters in Houten , they expect this to be the go - ahead for many more installations made possible by sequential product .
For the entire chainMeasuring germination capacity is not fresh . What is unexampled is that Sendot has developed a image scanner that is compact and , therefore , comfortable to use . Rather than a huge console , it is a robot that can be carried around from nursery to greenhouse . " We assume that once companionship get used to our technology , they will quickly purchase several scanner , " say Bert van Tol and Arie Draaijer , CEO and CTO of Sendot .
" Indeed , what we want to accomplish is to enable tone sureness throughout the mountain chain , " tot up Commercial Manager Erwin Gräfe . work sensing element available to the entire chain , not just to scientific discipline and lab , is what the ship’s company stand up for . " That is why our products have to be low - threshold and easy to practice . "
Germination capacity trackingSendot provide a robot , but not insignificantly , also software , which can be used to easily and handily interpret out data and take apart it in graphs . Bert shows an example graph test the germination of tomato seeds . This sprouting capacity is determine by the oxygen consumption of the semen in the first form of sprouting .
In the graph , you’re able to see this in different colored lines , one color per seed . Not much happen in the first few hours . The seed first gets wet from the liquid it is in . The stock starts at 21 % , the percentage of O in the air . Once wet , germination begin . Then the seed also starts using O . Sendot can measure that . They do so using a special , ego - developed ( literally baked ) coat at the top of the tube .
Erwin demonstrates how it works
Measuring lineament quicklyThere is fluctuation in how item-by-item seed germinate . Seed provider do their best to deliver seeds with as even sprouting as potential . Moreover , they promise a percentage of emergence on delivery . However , it can happen that seeds , for example , if they are already older , have less germination . A little test with the germ scanner can unveil this .
Why is this useful ? For example , when sowing at a plant breeder , to sow enough , you have to take into account the pct of seed that do not go forth . There is nothing more annoying than finding out after , say , two weeks of sprouting that some of the seeds do not shoot . Anyone who then has to sow in an extra batch will fall behind schedule .
come treatmentThe digital scanner can also be very useful when evaluating seed discussion . Arie : " The landscape of chemical use is change rapidly , less and less is leave , and the utilization of constituent alternatives is still in its infancy . With the seed digital scanner , speedy and automatise valuation is possible . This means fewer stock sprouting test are necessary . "
Coated seed at a breeding company
PrototypeAnyone think , hey , I ’ve seen that scanner before , may be correct . A prototype is already in use at a Dutch cultivator . Meanwhile , Sendot is ready to start in series output . A 3D printer is go in Houten .
Those not yet familiar with the seminal fluid digital scanner may already be familiar with Sendot ’s various other sensors . " Our photosynthesis sensor is fail very fast at the consequence , " Erwin points out . " But we also have , for example , an atomic number 8 sensor , which measures temperature and oxygen in the root word environment . " Here , a interchangeable program was used to that in the seed scanner for germination , but the coating was deploy in a different way on the tip of the mobile sensor .
Easier than with human eyeOther derivatives besides sprouting can be extracted from the bender of the graphs made with the datum from the source scanner , which can be seen on the projection screen that the user associate to the seed scanner with a connector , Bert explicate . For example , one line in the example can be seen to drop faster than others or much earlier than other line . Those seeded player get going germinating later . If the business neglect tight , then the come is very germinative . " Things like this are unmanageable to measure in manual germination analysis , " the CEO points out . " It can be done , by measuring leaf area , but that is quite sly , especially with all those pocket-sized leaves . "
Moreover , the robot can do it cursorily . The robot can process one plate , or actually a rack , of metro per minute . How many seed are in there varies . The robot can treat 48 , mean 48 tubes , or 96 at a prison term . " These are number that accommodate current practice , " Bert points out . If the seeds are very tumid , less is also potential . Twenty - four electron tube , for example . In fourth dimension , Sendot is also looking at robotics for changing the plates .
Sendot also already has amobile sensoravailable that assess chlorophyll to measure out seed timbre . Together with the seed electronic scanner , drug user can get even more data on seed quality themselves .
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