MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR BIOMASS AT PLANT HARVEST Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A01G7/00 A01G1/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to agriculture, in particular, to plant growing. Method involves the following steps: a) measuring an amount of fatty acids contained in a plant(s); b) obtaining a percentage of linolenic acid with respect to a total amount of fatty acids that is found from the measurement; and c) estimating the plant biomass at harvest on the basis of the percentage of linolenic acid thus obtained by comparing the percentage with a target value. System includes: measuring means for measuring an amount of fatty acids contained in a plant(s); obtaining means for obtaining a percentage of linolenic acid with respect to a total amount of fatty acids that is found from the measurement; and estimating means for estimating the plant biomass at harvest on the basis of the percentage of linolenic acid thus obtained by comparing the percentage with a target value.

EFFECT: invention enables to determine and manage plant biomass at harvest.

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