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Smart searching for traits
Scientists want to use artificial intelligence to find the right data in the search for the genes for climate-proof and disease-resistant crops.
Plant breeders want to develop drought- and salt-tolerant crops while maintaining yields. Finding all the genes for these complex traits feels like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Having more data doesn’t always help, says molecular biologist Richard Immink, because it just makes the haystack bigger. Better data, selected using artificial intelligence (AI), is expected to offer a solution in the new research project Plant-XR.