Key Takeaways
- Laudando & Associates filed a patent-pending system integrating photonic treatment and multimodal phenotyping.
- The platform combines greenhouse, field, and harvest-stage data into a closed-loop breeding architecture.
- The approach is designed to support crop improvement without reliance on chemical herbicides.
- The system targets accelerated trait discovery using empirical, multi-stage performance data.
- The architecture is designed for use across row crops, specialty crops, and turf applications.
Laudando & Associates Announces Patent-Pending Crop Improvement System
Laudando & Associates LLC (L&A), an independent agricultural automation and perception company, announced the filing of a new patent-pending system designed to integrate photonic treatment, multimodal phenotyping, and recurrent trait selection into a unified closed-loop architecture for crop improvement.
According to the company, the system is intended to empirically accelerate trait discovery and validation by correlating plant performance across greenhouse, in-field, and harvest-stage environments. The platform is positioned as an alternative to traditional seed development pipelines that prioritize chemical tolerance as the primary selection criterion.
“Modern seed development has been optimized around chemistry for decades,” said Chris Laudando, Founder and President of Laudando & Associates. “We believe the next generation of crop traits will be ‘Photonic Crop Protection-Ready’ and discovered through direct observation, measurement, and iteration.”
