SeedTelligence provides an integrated platform for predictive seed science, combining 3D X-ray CT imaging, 4D seedling phenotyping, and laser-based sorting to deliver objective, non-destructive quality data across the seed supply chain. Its interconnected solutions—phenoCheck, phenoTest, phenoMatch, and phenoScort—enable automated analysis from bulk seed scans to germination tracking, helping producers, processors, and breeders make data-driven decisions. The technology is already being adopted by organizations like Forestry England for tree seed processing, demonstrating its applicability beyond row and vegetable crops.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Seed supply chains rely on slow, destructive, and subjective quality testing methods that delay decisions and create inconsistent standards across locations. Traditional germination tests take days or weeks, while manual inspection fails to detect internal seed damage, infections, or hidden defects, leading to wasted resources and unpredictable field performance.
Solution
SeedTelligence offers a unified platform of interconnected technologies that generate objective, explainable phenotype data from seed to plant. Its phenoCheck solution uses 3D X-ray CT to non-invasively measure internal seed quality, purity, and damage in bulk samples within minutes, while phenoTest provides fully automated 4D seedling phenotyping throughout germination, capturing real biomass, growth dynamics, and vigor under stress. The phenoMatch module links seed quality traits to seedling outcomes, enabling predictive analytics that forecast germination performance with high accuracy. All devices run the same algorithms, ensuring harmonized, comparable measurements across locations that can be analyzed centrally. The platform also includes phenoScort, a patented 3D laser triangulation sorter combined with 2D X-ray that cleans, sizes, and sorts seeds at industrial throughput, integrating diagnosis with physical separation in a single machine.
Target Audience
Primary customers are seed producers, processors, quality testing laboratories, and breeding companies in row, vegetable, and forestry crop sectors, as well as organizations managing large-scale seed supply chains such as Forestry England.
Features
- phenoCheck: 3D X-ray CT-based bulk seed scanning that detects purity, damage, and infections in minutes, predicting usable seeds without time-consuming germination tests
- phenoTest: Fully automated 4D seedling phenotyping using 3D X-ray CT to measure real biomass, germination homogeneity, growth dynamics, and vigor, including under stress conditions
- phenoMatch: Links seed quality traits to seedling outcomes, enabling high-accuracy prediction of germination performance across years, lots, and locations
- phenoScort: First true 3D seed sorter combining patented laser triangulation with 2D X-ray, sorting for internal and external features at industrial throughput
- ST Scan Compact: Entry-level benchtop X-ray CT device with automated analysis pipeline, suitable for space-constrained labs and production facilities
- ST Scan Multi: Versatile X-ray CT scanning solution supporting fully automated workflows, including climate chambers, sowing, and watering
- ST Sort: All-in-one multi-sensor sorting device for cleaning, sizing, and advanced seed sorting in a single high-throughput system
- Centralized data analysis: Multiple devices run identical algorithms, producing harmonized measurements that can be aggregated and analyzed centrally across hubs