AI Speeds Crop Selection

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This startup is using AI to ‘supercharge’ crop breeding. It could help protect farmers from the climate crisis

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North Carolina -based crop development company Avalo uses machine learning models to identify the genetic basis of complex traits like drought, or pest resistance in hundreds of crop varieties.

Avalo's algorithm can predict the performance of a seed without needing to grow it speeding up the process by as much as 70% , according to Avalo chief technology officer Mariano Alvarez . Avalo is working on a fully edible broccoli that can be eaten sprig, leaves and all.

Avalo hopes such innovations can help protect farmers’ livelihoods in the face of erratic weather conditions.

“If we can only release a new variety every 10 years , we’ll always be 10 years behind what the weather conditions are going to be, what the newest disease or the newest pest pressure will be,” Alvarez says.

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