| CPC A01C 1/025 (2013.01) [A01G 7/045 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |

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1. A method for rapid pulse programming of a seed, to obtain at least one of improved germination probability, increased root mass, and increased crop yield, wherein said method comprises:
illuminating said seed with electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength distribution ranging from 300 nm to 20 microns, and said illuminating so formed and arrayed and timed to illuminate said seed with a minimum average irradiance of 0.2 Watts/cm2 and a maximum average irradiance of 7 Watts/cm2, and also having a narrow specific range of cumulative illumination energy from ½ Joule/cm2 to 15 Joules/cm2 and a transition point cumulative illumination energy Emax Joules/cm2, so as to specifically engage and cause an irradiance-sensitive and energy-sensitive hidden stimulative exposure response in said seed within said narrow specific range of cumulative illumination energy, and so as to avoid illumination of higher cumulative illumination energy that would cause a different and destructive exposure response in said seed;
wherein:
said seed is transported to and from a processing theater that comprises a seed accumulator; and
said processing theater is inside a combine harvester, and said transporting comprises transporting said seed from a thresher of said combine harvester to said processing theater.
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