FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining treat ment parameters based on the genetic information of at least one organism in the agricul tural field, a data processing system comprising means for carrying out such computer- implemented method, the use of such treatment parameters for controlling an agricultural equipment, and the use of such treatment parameters for treating an agricultural field.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In practice, the farmer or user often faces the challenge that he/she does not know the ex act genetic information (e.g. mutation) of a harmful organism, a beneficial organism or an agricultural crop species, but nevertheless has to make a decision on the time window, method, product or does rate he/she would apply for controlling the harmful organism and protecting the beneficial organism or the agricultural crop species. This may lead to the problem that the product selected by the farmer or user is inappropriate or inefficient for controlling the specific mutation of the harmful organism in his/her agricultural field, which might lead to a further spread of the harmful organism and later on to severe yield losses.

Several methods to determine the genetic information of an organism are known, inter alia the nanopore sequencing technology as for example disclosed in the patent application WO2019/149626.

In view of the above problem and challenge, it was found that there is a need to improve and simplify the decision process of the farmer or user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a computer- implemented method for determining treatment parameters based on the genetic infor mation of at least one organism in the agricultural field, which can be easily applied by a farmer or user. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a computer- implemented method for determining treatment parameters based on the genetic infor mation of at least one organism in the agricultural field, which supports fast and efficient decision-making for a farmer or user regarding the treatment of an agricultural field. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a computer-implemented method for de termining treatment parameters based on the genetic information of at least one organism in the agricultural field, which enables the reognition and quantification of resistances against certain crop protection products. It is also an object of the present invention to pro vide a computer-implemented method to improve the control of harmful organisms on the agricultural field. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a computer- implemented method to improve the protection or usage of beneficial organisms on the ag ricultural field. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a computer- implemented method to improve the yield or biomass or nutrient content or crop quality of agricultural crop plants grown on the agricultural field. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a computer-implemented method useful for the quality control regard ing past or earlier treatments.

The objects of the present invention are solved with the subject matter of the independent claims, wherein further embodiments are incorporated in the dependent claims. It should be noted that the following described aspects and examples of the invention apply for the method as well as for the data processing system, the computer program product and the computer-readable storage medium.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the treatment parameters selected from the group consisting of: a) at least one time window for a treatment in an agricultural field, b) at least one method for a treatment in an agricultural field, c) at least one product for a treatment in an agricultural field, d) at least one dose rate for a treatment in an agricultural field, and e) at least one application map for conducting a zone-specific treatment in an agri cultural field, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism, ini tiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter,

(step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the above treatment param eters, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step la) providing

(A) agricultural crop data comprising (aa) information about an agricultural crop species grown, sown, planned to be grown, or planned to be sown in the agricultural field, and/or (bb) information about the growth stage of such agricultural crop, or

(B) weather and/or geographical data relating to the location of the agri cultural field, or

(C) historic treatment data relating to treatments conducted in the agricul tural field in the past,

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism and based on the agricultural crop data or the weather and/or geographical da ta or the historic treatment data, initiating and/or performing data pro cessing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter and

(iii) data related to agricultural crop data, or data related to weather and/or geographical data, or data related to historic treatment data

(step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing.

In the context of the present invention, the chronological order between (step 1) and (step la) can be: at the same time, or (step 1) before (step la), or (step la) before (step 1).

In the context of the present invention, the weather and/or geographic data are weather data and/or geographic data.

In the context of the present invention, weather data can be any data on weather, including but not limited to temperature, soil temperature, canopy temperature, humidity, precipita tion, moisture, wind conditions, sunlight levels etc.

In the context of the present invention, geographic data can be any data on geography or topography, including GPS (Global Positioning System) data, elevation data, soil data etc. In the context of the present invention, genetic information data can be any data relating to genetic information, including an identifier for the genetic information, or the genetic infor mation as such.

In the context of the present invention, data related to agricultural crop data can also be an identifier for the agricultural crop data, or the agricultural crop data as such.

In the context of the present invention, data related to historic treatment data can also be an identifier for the historic treatment data, or the historic treatment data as such.

In the context of the present invention, historic treatment data can be preferably provided via a user interface and/or a data interface.

In the context of the present invention, data related to weather and/or geographic data can also be an identifier for weather and/or geographic data, or weather and/or geographic data as such.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the above treatment param eters, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step la) providing

(A) agricultural crop data comprising (aa) information about an agricultural crop species grown, sown, planned to be grown, or planned to be sown in the agricultural field, and/or (bb) information about the growth stage of such agricultural crop, and

(B) weather and/or geographical data relating to the location of the agri cultural field, or

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism and based on the agricultural crop data and the weather and/or geographical data, initiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter and

(iii) data related to agricultural crop data, and

(iv) data related to weather and/or geographical data, (step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the above treatment param eters, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step la) providing

(A) agricultural crop data comprising (aa) information about an agricultural crop species grown, sown, planned to be grown, or planned to be sown in the agricultural field, and/or (bb) information about the growth stage of such agricultural crop, and

(C) historic treatment data relating to treatments conducted in the agricul tural field in the past,

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism and based on the agricultural crop data and the historic treatment data, initiat ing and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or da tabase system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter and

(iii) data related to agricultural crop data, and

(iv) data related to historic treatment data,

(step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the above treatment param eters, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step la) providing

(B) weather and/or geographical data relating to the location of the agri cultural field, or

(C) historic treatment data relating to treatments conducted in the agricul tural field in the past, (step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism and based on the weather and/or geographical data and the historic treatment data, initiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter and

(iii) data related to weather and/or geographical data, and

(iv) data related to historic treatment data,

(step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the above treatment param eters, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step la) providing

(A) agricultural crop data comprising (aa) information about an agricultural crop species grown, sown, planned to be grown, or planned to be sown in the agricultural field, and/or (bb) information about the growth stage of such agricultural crop, and

(B) weather and/or geographical data relating to the location of the agri cultural field, and

(C) historic treatment data relating to treatments conducted in the agricul tural field in the past,

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism and based on the agricultural crop data and the weather and/or geographical data and the historic treatment data, initiating and/or performing data pro cessing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter and

(iii) data related to agricultural crop data, and

(iv) data related to weather and/or geographical data, and

(v) data related to historic treatment data

(step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the computer-implemented method of the present invention further comprises the following step before (step 1):

(step 0) taking at least one sample of the at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, conducting a genetic analysis using the at least one sample of the at least one organism, and obtaining therefrom the genetic information of the at least one organism.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the sample of the at least one organism is a real-world physical sample of the at least one organism. According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the sample of the at least one or ganism is a virtual, simulated, or computer-generated sample, such as a photo or imaging dataset of the at least one organism. The sample can be taken from any medium or material containing the organism, preferably from the soil, from the straw, from the air, from water, from parts of a plant, from pollen, from seeds, from the organism as such (e.g. insects, arachnids, nematodes, mollusks), from eggs or different growth stages of the organism (e.g. eggs or larvae of insects, arachnids, nematodes, mollusks).

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the computer- implemented method of the present invention further comprises the following step before (step 1):

(step 0) taking at least one sample of the at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, conducting a genetic analysis using the at least one sample of the at least one organism, and obtaining therefrom the genetic information of the at least one organism, wherein the genetic analysis is based on at least one of the technologies selected from the group consisting of nanopore technology, microarray technology, graphene biosensor technology, PCR (polymerase chain reac tion) technology, fast PCR technology, and other DNA/RNA amplification technologies such as isothermal amplification.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the computer- implemented method of the present invention further comprises the following step before (step 1):

(step 0) taking at least one sample of the at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, conducting a genetic analysis using the at least one sample of the at least one organism, and obtaining therefrom the genetic information of the at least one organism, wherein the genetic analysis is based on selective genotyping or based on sequencing technologies such as nanopore technology, pyrosequencing technology and other sequencing or next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the computer- implemented method of the present invention further comprises the following step before (step 1):

(step 0) taking at least one sample of the at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, conducting a genet ic analysis using the at least one sample of the at least one organism, and obtaining therefrom the genetic in-formation of the at least one organism, wherein the genetic analysis is based on at least one of the technologies selected from the group consisting of: Maxam-Gilbert sequencing, Chain- termination methods, large-scale sequencing and de novo sequencing, Shotgun sequencing, High-throughput sequencing methods, Long-read se quencing methods, Single molecule real time (SMRT) sequencing, Na nopore DNA sequencing, Short-read sequencing methods, Massively paral lel signature sequencing (MPSS), Polony sequencing, pyrosequencing, II- lumina (Solexa) sequencing, Combinatorial probe anchor synthesis (cPAS), SOLiD sequencing, Ion Torrent semiconductor sequencing, DNA nanoball sequencing, Heliscope single molecule sequencing, Sequencing using Mi crofluidic Systems, Tunnelling currents DNA sequencing, Sequencing by hybridization, Sequencing with mass spectrometry, Microfluidic Sanger se quencing, Microscopy-based techniques, RNAP sequencing, In vitro virus high-throughput sequencing.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the computer- implemented method of the present invention further comprises the following step before (step 1):

(step 0) taking at least one sample of the at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, conducting a genetic analysis using the at least one sample of the at least one organism, and obtaining therefrom the genetic information of the at least one organism, and wherein the samples have been taken from at least two different locations within the agricultural field.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the computer- implemented method of the present invention further comprises the following step before (step 1):

(step 0) taking at least one sample of the at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, conducting a genetic analysis using the at least one sample of the at least one organism, and obtaining therefrom the genetic information of the at least one organism, and wherein the samples have been taken from at least two different zones within the agricultural field.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the computer- implemented method of the present invention further comprises the following step before (step 1):

(step 0) taking at least one sample of the at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, conducting a genetic analysis using the at least one sample of the at least one organism, and obtaining therefrom the genetic information of the at least one organism, and wherein the samples have been taken from each of the zones within the agricultural field.

According to the further aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the above treatment param eters, comprising the following steps:

(step 0) taking at least one sample of the at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, conducting a genetic analysis using the at least one sample of the at least one organism, and obtaining therefrom the genetic information of the at least one organism, (step 1) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step la) providing

(A) agricultural crop data comprising (aa) information about an agricultural crop species grown, sown, planned to be grown, or planned to be sown in the agricultural field, and/or (bb) information about the growth stage of such agricultural crop, or

(B) weather and/or geographical data relating to the location of the agri cultural field, or

(C) historic treatment data relating to treatments conducted in the agricul tural field in the past,

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism and based on the agricultural crop data or the weather and/or geographical da ta or the historic treatment data, initiating and/or performing data pro cessing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter and (iii) data related to agricultural crop data, or data related to weather and/or geographical data, or data related to historic treatment data (step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing.

According to the further aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the above treatment param eters, comprising the following steps:

(step 0) taking at least one sample of the at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, conducting a genetic analysis using the at least one sample of the at least one organism, and obtaining therefrom the genetic information of the at least one organism, (step 1) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step la) providing

(A) agricultural crop data comprising (aa) information about an agricultural crop species grown, sown, planned to be grown, or planned to be sown in the agricultural field, and/or (bb) information about the growth stage of such agricultural crop, or

(B) weather and/or geographical data relating to the location of the agri cultural field, or

(C) historic treatment data relating to treatments conducted in the agricul tural field in the past,

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism and based on the agricultural crop data or the weather and/or geographical da ta or the historic treatment data, initiating and/or performing data pro cessing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter and

(iii) data related to agricultural crop data, or data related to weather and/or geographical data, or data related to historic treatment data

(step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing, wherein the timeframe between sample-taking and the provision of the genetic information is from 1 seconds to 5 days, more preferably from 1 minute to 3 days, most preferably from 5 minutes to 1 day, particularly preferably from 10 minutes to 15 hours, particularly more preferably from 15 minutes to 10 hours, particularly from 20 minutes to 10 hours, for exam ple from 30 minutes to 5 hours. According to the further aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the treatment parameters selected from the group consisting of: a) at least one time window for a treatment in an agricultural field, b) at least one method for a treatment in an agricultural field, c) at least one product for a treatment in an agricultural field, d) at least one dose rate for a treatment in an agricultural field, and e) at least one application map for conducting a zone-specific treatment in an agri cultural field, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one harmful organism which exist ed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, and provid ing genetic information of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field,

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one harmful organ ism and on the genetic information of the at least one agricultural crop plant, initiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter,

(step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing.

According to the further aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the treatment parameters selected from the group consisting of: a) at least one time window for a treatment in an agricultural field, b) at least one method for a treatment in an agricultural field, c) at least one product for a treatment in an agricultural field, d) at least one dose rate for a treatment in an agricultural field, and e) at least one application map for conducting a zone-specific treatment in an agri cultural field, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one beneficial organism which ex isted or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, and providing genetic information of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field, (step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one beneficial or ganism and on the genetic information of the at least one agricultural crop plant, initiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter,

(step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing.

According to the further aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the treatment parameters selected from the group consisting of: a) at least one time window for a treatment in an agricultural field, b) at least one method for a treatment in an agricultural field, c) at least one product for a treatment in an agricultural field, d) at least one dose rate for a treatment in an agricultural field, and e) at least one application map for conducting a zone-specific treatment in an agri cultural field, comprising the following steps:

(step 0) taking at least one sample containing both a part of at least one harmful organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricul tural field and a part of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field, conducting a genetic analysis using this at least one sample, and obtaining therefrom the genet ic information of the at least one harmful organism and the genetic infor mation of the at least one agricultural crop plant,

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one harmful organism which exist ed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, and provid ing genetic information of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field,

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one harmful organ ism and on the genetic information of the at least one agricultural crop plant, initiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter,

(step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing. In some cases, it may be not sufficient to only obtain the genetic information of the harmful organism to determine the treatment parameters for a highly efficient treatment, especially if for example the agricultural crop plant has a different genetic property than expected (e.g. is an unexpected mutant or variant). In such cases, the treatment parameters for a highly efficient treatment can only be determined after the genetic information of both the harmful organism and the agricultural crop plant have been obtained. Furtermore, to make the sam ple-taking (sampling) process more efficient, it is preferred to take a smaple containing both a part of the harmful organism and a part of the agricultural crop plant, for example a leave of the agricultural crop plant partially infested with a specific fungal disease.

According to the further aspect of the present invention, the present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the treatment parameters selected from the group consisting of: a) at least one time window for a treatment in an agricultural field, b) at least one method for a treatment in an agricultural field, c) at least one product for a treatment in an agricultural field, d) at least one dose rate for a treatment in an agricultural field, and e) at least one application map for conducting a zone-specific treatment in an agri cultural field, comprising the following steps:

(step 0) taking at least one sample containing both a part of at least one beneficial organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricul tural field and a part of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field, conducting a genetic analysis using this at least one sample, and obtaining therefrom the genet ic information of the at least one beneficial organism and the genetic in formation of the at least one agricultural crop plant,

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one beneficial organism which ex isted or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, and providing genetic information of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field,

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one beneficial or ganism and on the genetic information of the at least one agricultural crop plant, initiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter, (step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, in (step 1) of the computer-implemented method, genetic information of at least one harmful organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, and genetic information of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agri cultural field are provided.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, in (step 1) of the computer-implemented method, genetic information of at least one beneficial organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, and genetic in formation of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field are provided.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, in (step 0) of the computer-implemented method, at least one sample containing both a part of at least one harmful organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field and a part of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field is taken, a genetic analysis using this at least one sample is con ducted, and therefrom the genetic information of the at least one harmful organism and the genetic information of the at least one agricultural crop plant are obtained.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, in (step 0) of the computer-implemented method, at least one sample containing both a part of at least one beneficial organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field and a part of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field is taken, a genetic analysis using this at least one sample is conducted, and therefrom the genetic information of the at least one beneficial organism and the genetic information of the at least one agricultural crop plant are obtained.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, in (step 0) of the computer-implemented method, at least one sample containing both a part of at least one harmful organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field and a part of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field is taken, a genetic analysis using this at least one sample is con ducted, and therefrom the genetic information of the at least one harmful organism and the genetic information of the at least one agricultural crop plant are obtained, and in (step 1) of the computer-implemented method, genetic information of at least one harmful organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, and genetic in formation of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field are provided.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, in (step 0) of the computer-implemented method, at least one sample containing both a part of at least one beneficial organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field and a part of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field is taken, a genetic analysis using this at least one sample is conducted, and therefrom the genetic information of the at least one beneficial organism and the genetic information of the at least one agricultural crop plant are obtained, and in (step 1) of the computer-implemented method, genetic information of at least one benefi cial organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field, and genetic information of at least one agricultural crop plant grown, sown, planned to be grown or sown in the agricultural field are provided.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the genetic analysis of the at least one organism is conducted using a portable device operated in the agricul tural field.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the genetic analysis of the at least one organism is conducted in a facility outside the agricultural field.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the timeframe be tween sample-taking and the provision of the genetic information is from 1 seconds to 5 days, more preferably from 1 minute to 3 days, most preferably from 5 minutes to 1 day, particularly preferably from 10 minutes to 15 hours, particularly more preferably from 15 minutes to 10 hours, particularly from 20 minutes to 10 hours, for example from 30 minutes to 5 hours.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the genetic infor mation of the at least one organism has been provided by a user interface and/or by a data interface. According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the at least one or ganism is a harmful organism selected from the group consisting of: weeds, fungi, viruses, bacteria, insects, arachnids, nematodes, mollusks, birds, and rodents.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the at least one or ganism is a beneficial organism selected from the group consisting of: beneficial plants, fungi, viruses, bacteria, insects, arachnids, nematodes, mollusks, birds, rodents, and proto zoa.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the at least one or ganism is an agricultural crop species grown, sown, planned to be grown, or planned to be sown in the agricultural field.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, a first treatment us ing at least one of the treatment parameters with or without the use of genetic information has been already carried out in the timeframe of not more than 30 days ago, more prefera bly in the timeframe of not more than 20 days ago, most preferably in the timeframe of not more than 10 days ago, for example in the timeframe of not more than 5 days ago.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least the steps (step 1), (step 2) and (step 3) are carried out in a real-time mode, i.e. preferably less than a minute, more preferably within 10 to 45 seconds, most preferably within 1 to 10 seconds, more preferably within 0.5 to 1 seconds, most preferably within 100 to 500 milliseconds, particularly within 10 to 100 milliseconds.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the treatment param eter will be outputted as a control signal for an agricultural equipment.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention also relates to a data processing system comprising means for carrying out the computer- implemented method of this invention.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention also relates to a computer program product comprising instructions which, when the pro gram is executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out the computer- implemented method of the invention

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention also relates to a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out the computer-implemented meth od according to the invention.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention also relates to the use of the treatment parameters determined by the computer- implemented method according to the invention for controlling an agricultural equipment.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention also relates to the use of the treatment parameters determined by the computer- implemented method according to the invention for treating an agricultural field.

In the context of the present invention, the term “organism” is understood to be any kind of individual entities having the properties of life, including but not limited to plants, crop plants, weeds, fungi, viruses, bacteria, insects, arachnids, nematodes, mollusks, birds, ro dents, other animals, protozoa, protists, and archaea.

In the context of the present invention, the term “harmful organism” is understood to be any organism which has a negative impact to the growth or to the health of the agricultural crop plant.

In the context of the present invention, the term “beneficial organism” is understood to be any organism which does not have a negative impact to the growth or to the health of the agricultural crop plant. The terms “beneficial organism” and “benign organism” are used synonymously.

In the context of the present invention, the term “genetic information” is understood to be any kind of information on the genetic properties of an organism, including but not limited to DNA sequence, RNA sequence, parts of DNA and/or RNA sequences, molecular structure of DNA and/or RNA, epigenetic information (e.g. methylation of DNA parts), information on gene mutations, information on gene copy number variation, information on overexpression of a gene, information on expression level of a gene, information on gene shifting, infor mation on the ratio between wild type and mutants, information on the ratio between differ ent mutants, information on the ratio between mutants and other variants (e.g. epigenetic variants), information on the ratio of different variants (e.g. epigenetic variants), information on a type of plant disease (e.g. Septoria, yellow rust, Asian soybean rust) or other diseases. In the context of the present invention, the term “genetic information” also includes the in formation that certain wild types, mutants, or variants (e.g. epigenetic variants) or DNA/RNA sequences, or parts of the DNA/RNA sequences, or specific epigenetic infor- mation are absent. In the context of the present invention, the term “genetic information” also includes the information that specific genetic information is absent (e.g. that the infor mation that a specific type of Septoria is absent is also a genetic information). In a pre ferred embodiment of the present invention, genetic information” is at least one of the fol lowing information: DNA sequence, RNA sequence, parts of DNA and/or RNA sequences, molecular structure of DNA and/or RNA, epigenetic information (e.g. methylation of DNA parts), information on gene mutations, information on gene copy number variation, infor mation on overexpression of a gene, information on expression level of a gene, information on gene shifting, information on the ratio between wild type and mutants, information on the ratio between different mutants, information on the ratio between mutants and other variants (e.g. epigenetic variants), information on the ratio of different variants (e.g. epige netic variants), information on a type of plant disease (e.g. Septoria, yellow rust, Asian soy bean rust) or other diseases. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, genetic information” is at least one of the following information: DNA sequence, RNA se quence, molecular structure of DNA and/or RNA, parts of DNA and/or RNA sequences, epi genetic information (e.g. methylation of DNA parts). In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, genetic information” is at least one of the following information: DNA sequence, RNA sequence. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, genet ic information” is at least one of the following information: information on gene mutations, information on gene copy number variation, information on overexpression of a gene, infor mation on expression level of a gene, information on gene shifting, information on the ratio between wild type and mutants, information on the ratio between different mutants, infor mation on the ratio between mutants and other variants (e.g. epigenetic variants), infor mation on the ratio of different variants (e.g. epigenetic variants), information on a type of plant disease (e.g. Septoria, yellow rust, Asian soybean rust) or other diseases. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, genetic information” is at least one of the following information: information on gene mutations, information on gene copy number variation, information on overexpression of a gene, information on expression level of a gene, information on gene shifting. In another preferred embodiment of the present inven tion, genetic information” is at least one of the following information: information on the ratio between wild type and mutants, information on the ratio between different mutants, information on the ratio between mutants and other variants (e.g. epigenetic variants), in formation on the ratio of different variants (e.g. epigenetic variants).

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the genetic information is the information on the resistance of an organism against certain crop protection products. In the context of the present invention, the term “data processing” is understood to be any operation on the data to produce or output meaningful information, which is conducted by a computer system. Data processing includes but is not limited to data validation, data analy sis, data aggregation, data sorting, data classification, data summarization, data conversion, data modification, data update etc. Data processing in a database or database system also may include the automated request in a database or database system and the automated outputting of the result of such request.

In the context of the present invention, the term “database” is understood to be any orga nized collection of data, which can be stored and accessed electronically from a computer system, including but not limited to relational database, non-relational database, graph da tabase, network database, cloud database, in-memory database, active database, data warehouse, deductive database, distributed database, embedded database, end-user data base, hypertext or hypermedia database, knowledge database, mobile database, operational database, parallel database, probabilistic database, real-time database, spatial database, temporal database, terminology-oriented database, and Excel databases. In a preferred em bodiment of the present invention, the database is at least one of the following databases: relational database, non-relational database, graph database, network database, cloud da tabase, in-memory database, active database, data warehouse, deductive database, distrib uted database, embedded database, end-user database, hypertext or hypermedia database, knowledge database, mobile database, operational database, parallel database, probabilis tic database, real-time database, spatial database, temporal database, terminology-oriented database, and Excel databases.

In the context of the present invention, the term “database system” is understood to be a system comprising more than one database which are connected to each other, including but not limited to federated database systems, array database management systems, and other database management systems.

In the context of the present invention, the term “treatment” is understood to be any kind of treatment possible on an agricultural field, including but not limited to seeding, fertilization, crop protection, growth regulation, harvesting, adding or removing of organisms - particular ly crop plants - , as well as soil treatment, soil nutrient management, soil nitrogen manage ment, tilling, ploughing, irrigation. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, treatment is one of the following activities: seeding, fertilization, crop protection, growth regulation, harvesting, adding or removing of organisms - particularly crop plants - , as well as soil treatment, soil nutrient management, soil nitrogen management, tilling, ploughing, irrigation. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, treatment is seeding. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, treatment is fertilization. In an other preferred embodiment of the present invention, treatment is crop protection. In an other preferred embodiment of the present invention, treatment is growth regulation. In an other preferred embodiment of the present invention, treatment is harvesting. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, treatment is adding or removing of organ isms - particularly crop plants.

In the context of the present invention, the term “agricultural field” is understood to be any area in which organisms, particularly crop plants, are produced, grown, sown, and/or planned to be produced, grown or sown. The term “agricultural field” also includes horticul tural fields, silvicultural fields and fields for the production and/or growth of aquatic organ isms.

In the context of the present invention, a “method for a treatment” includes but is not lim ited to

- mechanical methods - e.g. mechanical weed removal by machinery such as robots, which for example cuts out the weed,

- physical methods - e.g. weed removal by optical light such as laser,

- chemical methods - e.g. weed removal by spraying a herbicide, or e.g. attracting bene ficial insects to another area outside the agricultural field using chemical attractants,

- biological methods - e.g. weed removal by applying a microorganism used as bioherbi cide, or e.g. attracting beneficial insects to another area outside the agricultural field by placing other organisms (which serves as food for the beneficial insects) into this another area.

In the context of the present invention, the term “product” is understood to be any object or material useful for the treatment. In the context of the present invention, the term “product” includes but is not limited to:

- chemical products such as fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, acaricide, molluscicide, ne- maticide, avicide, piscicide, rodenticide, repel I a nt, bactericide, biocide, safener, plant growth regulator, urease inhibitor, nitrification inhibitor, denitrification inhibitor, or any combination thereof.

- biological products such as microorganisms useful as fungicide (biofungicide), herbicide (bioherbicide), insecticide (bioinsecticide), acaricide (bioacaricide), molluscicide (biomol- luscicide), nematicide (bionematicide), avicide, piscicide, rodenticide, repel I a nt, bactericide, biocide, safener, plant growth regulator, urease inhibitor, nitrification inhibitor, denitrifica tion inhibitor, or any combination thereof.

- fertilizer and nutrient, - seed and seedling,

- water, and

- any combination thereof.

In the context of the present invention, the term “product” also includes a combination of different products.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, product is at least one chemical prod uct selected from: fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, acaricide, molluscicide, nematicide, avi- cide, piscicide, rodenticide, repellant, bactericide, biocide, safener, plant growth regulator, urease inhibitor, nitrification inhibitor, denitrification inhibitor; or any combination thereof.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, product is at least one biological product selected from: microorganisms useful as fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, acaricide, molluscicide, nematicide, avicide, piscicide, rodenticide, repellant, bactericide, biocide, saf ener, plant growth regulator, urease inhibitor, nitrification inhibitor, denitrification inhibitor; or any combination thereof.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, product is fertilizer and/or nutri ent.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, product is seed and/or seedling.

In the context of the present invention, the term “dose rate” is understood as amount of product to be applied per area, for example expressed as liter per hectare (L/ha).

In the context of the present invention, the time window for a treatment can preferably range from 10 days to 1 hour, more preferably from 7 days to 3 hours, most preferably from 5 days to 5 hours, particularly preferably from 3 days to 8 hours, particularly more preferably from 2 days to 12 hours, particularly from 36 hours to 16 hours, for example from 28 hours to 20 hours.

In the context of the present invention, the term “application map” is understood to be a map indicating a two-dimensional spatial distribution of the amounts, or dose rates, or types, or forms of products which should be applied on different locations or zones within an agricultural field. In the context of the present invention, the term “zone” is understood to be a sub-field zone or a part of an agricultural field, i.e. an agricultural field can be spa tially divided into more than one zone, wherein each zone may have different properties such as different biomass levels or different weed and/or pathogen infestation risks. Par ticularly, the application map may indicate that in different zones, different amounts, or dose rates, or types, or forms of products should be applied. For example, the application map may indicate that in the first zone, the product should be applied in a product dose rate of 10 liters per hectare, and in the second zone, the same product should be applied in a product dose rate of 20 liters per hectare.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented meth od for determining at least one of the treatment parameters selected from the group con sisting of a) a ranked or unranked list of more than one time window for a treatment in an agricultural field, and/or b) a ranked or unranked list of more than one method for a treatment in an agricultural field, and/or c) a ranked or unranked list of more than one product for a treatment in an agricultural field, and/or d) a ranked or unranked list of more than one dose rate for a treatment in an agricultural field, and/or e) a ranked or unranked list of more than one application map for conducting a zone- specific treatment in an agricultural field, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is exist ing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism, initiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system con taining

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter,

(step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing, is provided.

The ranked or unranked list may have two, more than two, more than three, or more than four entries.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented meth od for determining at least one of the treatment parameters selected from the group con sisting of a) a ranked list of more than one time window for a treatment in an agricultural field, and/or b) a ranked list of more than one method for a treatment in an agricultural field, and/or c) a ranked list of more than one product for a treatment in an agricultural field, and/or d) a ranked list of more than one dose rate for a treatment in an agricultural field, and/or e) a ranked list of more than one application map for conducting a zone-specific treatment in an agricultural field, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is exist ing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step 2) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism, initiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter,

(step 3) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing, is provided, wherein the ranked list is obtained via a ranking according to the expected efficacy or suit ability of the treatment, preferably

- in terms of the control of a harmful organism (in case at least one organism is a harm ful organism), or

- in terms of the protection or usage of beneficial organism (in case at least one organ ism is a beneficial organism), or

- in terms of the yield, biomass, nutrient content, crop quality or plant health of the ag ricultural crop plant grown or sown in the agricultural field.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, in case of the at least one organ ism being a harmful organism selected from the group consisting of weeds, fungi, viruses, bacteria, insects, arachnids, nematodes, mollusks, birds, and rodents, the data processing in (step 2) is carried out in a way to determine or output the at least one treatment parame ter with the objective of achieving the most appropriate or efficient (e.g. in terms of effica cy) control of harmful organism.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, in case of the at least one organ ism being a beneficial organism selected from the group consisting of beneficial plants, fun gi, viruses, bacteria, insects, arachnids, nematodes, mollusks, birds, rodents, and protozoa, the data processing in (step 2) is carried out in a way to determine or output at least one treatment parameter with the objective of achieving the best possible and most efficient (e.g. in terms of efficacy) protection of the beneficial organism or achieving the best possi ble usage or growth of the beneficial organism or achieving the highest level of biodiversity. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, in case of the at least one organ ism being an agricultural crop plant, the data processing in (step 2) is carried out in a way to determine or output at least one treatment parameter with the objective of achieving the best possible and most efficient usage or growth of the agricultural crop plant, e.g. achiev ing the highest yield or biomass or nutrient content or crop quality.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, “an organism expected to exist in an agricultural field” is an organism which is expected to exist in an agricultural field according to corresponding predictions or forecasts related to such organism in this agricultural field or in its surroundings or its region or its country - such as predictions on the presence of plant diseases, insect pests or weeds - or according to corresponding historic experience related to such organism in this agricultural field or in its surroundings or its region or its country, or according to corresponding historic experience related to the growth of a specif ic agricultural crop plant. The predictions or forecasts related to such organism can be based on corresponding computer models.

Figure 1 and Figure 2 illustrate the workflow of the embodiments of the present invention.

In Figure 1, a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the treat ment parameters selected from the group consisting of: a) at least one time window for a treatment in an agricultural field, b) at least one method for a treatment in an agricultural field, c) at least one product for a treatment in an agricultural field, d) at least one dose rate for a treatment in an agricultural field, and e) at least one application map for conducting a zone-specific treatment in an agricultural field, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) (102) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step 2) (104) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organism, ini tiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system containing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter,

(step 3) (106) outputting the at least one treatment parameter based on the result of the data pro-cessing, is shown. 2.0

In Figure 2, a computer-implemented method for determining at least one of the treatment parameters selected from the group consisting of: a) at least one time window for a treatment in an agricultural field, b) at least one method for a treatment in an agricultural field, c) at least one product for a treatment in an agricultural field, d) at least one dose rate for a treatment in an agricultural field, and e) at least one application map for conducting a zone-specific treatment in an agricultural field, comprising the following steps:

(step 1) (202) providing genetic information of at least one organism which existed or is existing or is expected to exist in the agricultural field,

(step la) (204) providing

(A) agricultural crop data comprising (aa) information about an agricultural crop species grown, sown, planned to be grown, or planned to be sown in the agricultural field, and/or (bb) information about the growth stage of such agricultural crop, or

(B) weather and/or geographical data relating to the location of the agri cultural field, or

(C) historic treatment data relating to treatments conducted in the agricul tural field in the past,

(step 2) (206) at least based on the genetic information of the at least one organ ism and based on the agricultural crop data or the weather and/or geo graphical data or the historic treatment data, initiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system contain ing

(i) genetic information data and

(ii) data related to the at least one treatment parameter and

(iii) data related to agricultural crop data, or data related to weather and/or geographical data, or data related to historic treatment data

(step 3) (208) outputting the at least treatment parameter based on the result of the data processing, is shown.