US 12,241,882 B2
Soil health indicators using microbial composition
Poornima Parameswaran, Orinda, CA (US); Di Wu, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniel S. Weaver, San Francisco, CA (US); and Jenna Morgan Lang, Elk Grove, CA (US)
Assigned to TRACE GENOMICS, INC., Ames, IA (US)
Filed by Trace Genomics, Inc., Ames, IA (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/487,018.
Application 18/487,018 is a continuation of application No. 16/258,415, filed on Jan. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,821,887.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/657,590, filed on Apr. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,067, filed on Jan. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,071, filed on Jan. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,063, filed on Jan. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,061, filed on Jan. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,062, filed on Jan. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,064, filed on Jan. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,070, filed on Jan. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,060, filed on Jan. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,059, filed on Jan. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0142431 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 33/24 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6888 (2018.01); C12Q 1/689 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2018.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G16B 20/00 (2019.01); G16B 30/10 (2019.01)
CPC G01N 33/24 (2013.01) [C12Q 1/6888 (2013.01); C12Q 1/689 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2013.01); G16B 20/00 (2019.02); G01N 33/243 (2024.05); G01N 33/245 (2024.05); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G16B 30/10 (2019.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining a soil sample from a geographical location having an attribute based on one or more applied products or been treated with an agricultural technique;
determining, by an analytics system including one or more processors and a memory, a plurality of organisms in the soil sample known to be associated with post-harvest disease pressure;
determining, by the analytics system, a microbial composition of the soil sample using a normalized count of each of the plurality of organisms;
determining, by the analytics system, that a plurality of soil samples from a plurality of geographical locations within a threshold distance of the geographical location have the attribute based on the one or more applied products or been treated with the agricultural technique;
determining, by the analytics system, reference metrics of the plurality of soil samples from the plurality of geographical locations within the threshold distance of the geographical location, wherein the plurality of soil samples from the plurality of geographical locations provide context to the microbial composition of the soil sample, and wherein the reference metrics include a distribution of values of soil health indicators;
determining, by the analytics system, a metric of the soil sample indicative of post-harvest disease pressure by comparing the microbial composition to the reference metrics of the plurality of soil samples from the plurality of geographical locations; and
transmitting, by the analytics system, the metric to a client device for display in context of the reference metrics on a user interface.