Patents by Inventor Zhisheng Qing

Zhisheng Qing has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Real-time process for targeting trait phenotyping of plant breeding experiments
    Patent number: 9107355
    Abstract: A method for targeting trait phenotyping of a plant breeding experiment includes collecting soil data for at least one location, applying the soil data to a crop model, performing environmental monitoring at the at least one location to generate environmental data, updating the crop model with the environmental data, and using the crop model to provide predicted crop conditions. The method further includes determining environmental conditions for each of the plant breeding experiments, determining a likelihood of trait phenotype variations for each experiment using the environmental conditions and the predicted crop conditions, selecting a subset of the plant breeding experiments for collecting trait phenotype measurements based on the likelihood of trait phenotypic variation, and collecting trait phenotype measurements from the subset of the plant breeding experiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Carlos Messina, Jun Wei, Zhanshan Dong, Zhisheng Qing, Jean-Louis Laffont, Mitchell Samples, Jeffrey R. Schussler, Geoffrey I. Graham, Carlos Loeffler, Mark Cooper
  • Real-Time Process For Targeting Trait Phenotyping of Plant Breeding Experiments
    Publication number: 20100286973
    Abstract: A method for targeting trait phenotyping of a plant breeding experiment includes collecting soil data for at least one location, applying the soil data to a crop model, performing environmental monitoring at the at least one location to generate environmental data, updating the crop model with the environmental data, and using the crop model to provide predicted crop conditions. The method further includes determining environmental conditions for each of the plant breeding experiments, determining a likelihood of trait phenotype variations for each experiment using the environmental conditions and the predicted crop conditions, selecting a subset of the plant breeding experiments for collecting trait phenotype measurements based on the likelihood of trait phenotypic variation, and collecting trait phenotype measurements from the subset of the plant breeding experiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Carlos Messina, Jun Wei, Zhanshan Dong, Zhisheng Qing, Jean-Louis Laffont, Mitchell Samples, Jeffrey R. Schussler, Geoffrey I. Graham, Carlos Loeffler, Mark Cooper