Unlock data-driven insights from your breeding pipeline to make informed decisions faster.
In today's breeding programs, data plays a vital role in determining efficiency. why? This boils down to the insights provided by genetics data, allowing breeders to better understand genetic structure and create new plant varieties.
Before the advent of genomics, breeders relied solely on field experimentation and intuition to select parent plants. However, using genomics, breeders can gain deeper insight into the genetics of the parent plants, allowing for a more efficient breeding process.
In the era of big data, genetic information serves as a critical resource that allows breeders to make informed, data-driven decisions. Integrating this information as more breeding-related data types become available and rapidly accessible, including DNA sequences, environmental variables such as temperature, precipitation, and radiation, and information on soil composition and agricultural management. tasks become increasingly complex. However, including genetic information in data-driven decision-making processes can improve accuracy and provide deeper insights. Data offers breeders and breeding program managers the ability to:
•Understanding germplasm diversity and the molecular level. One of the key advantages of genomics is the ability to understand the molecular diversity available to breeders. By analyzing genetic data, breeders can classify plants based on their genetic makeup. This understanding can inform the organization of breeding programs, help relate current genetic diversity to breeders' knowledge, and reveal associations between traits and genetic groups.
•Detect strengths and weaknesses. Rich data from breeding programs has the potential to support data-driven actions. Combining the data not only highlights the programs you can leverage, but also reveals areas where you need further investment to stay ahead of your competitors.
•Use genomic predictions. This is more cost-effective and time-saving than traditional phenotypic selection methods. It has the potential to double or triple genetic gain in breeding programs.
•Harness the power of AI. For complex traits such as grain yield in diverse environments, combining genomic data with environmental data and artificial intelligence algorithms provides unprecedented predictive power. By leveraging historical data and advanced algorithms, breeders can predict performance in new environments, accelerate breeding programs, and significantly increase efficiency.
What is the current status of your breeding program?
Aligning breeding pipeline performance with commercial strategy is the goal of any breeding program. To achieve that goal, a deep understanding of the breeding pipeline is critical. Important questions to consider are:
• How competitive is your current breeding program?
• What can we expect in the next few years?
• How can we improve efficiency?
• What are the opportunities to increase market share?
• Where is the best product-market fit?
Computomics' BreedScope provides analytics to answer these questions and provide valuable insights for decision-making.
•Environmental analysis: Environmental clustering of field trials to understand environmental diversity in field trial networks provides a deeper understanding of environmental influences on product performance and traits in specific environments.
•Trait analysis: Compare experimental and commercial varieties, including competitors, across a variety of traits to gain a nuanced understanding of the performance of each trait and guide strategic decisions aligned with product positioning strategies.
•Genomics analysis: Gain a deep understanding of germplasm diversity and structure to identify opportunities to develop new products and accelerate time to market.
BreedScope gives you a comprehensive understanding of your breeding pipeline, allowing you to make informed decisions faster.
BreedScope provides a modular and scalable solution to suit the specifics of your breeding program. Adapt seamlessly to the scale and complexity of individual breeding programs. Rapid results and actionable insights allow you to optimize your breeding program.
see the future
Today, it is important for breeders to anticipate and adapt to long-term changes and consider future trends that will impact food production and supply chains.
Given the rapid pace of climate change and its impact on crop performance and disease dynamics, it is very difficult to predict what the situation will be like when varieties reach the market in five or ten years' time. Consumer demands are also changing.
Sustainability is also a pressing issue. There is a growing demand for agriculture that produces the same or higher yields while using less resources such as water, fertilizer, and pesticides. Balancing productivity and environmental responsibility is always a challenge.
Meeting the diverse needs of different stakeholders in the agricultural value chain adds further complexity.
⨉Climate-smart breeding with SeedScore® – the next step in your breeding program
Understanding the competitiveness of your breeding program is an important first step. And consider incorporating climate-smart breeding techniques ⨉SeedScore® to truly excel in today's changing environment. ⨉SeedScore® integrates genomic information with insights from field trials such as grain yield, agronomic traits, quality, disease resistance, and environmental factors such as temperature, rainfall, wind, and soil properties. Additionally, details regarding crop management during the trial will serve as valuable information. To improve the development of new varieties that are successful in specific current and future environmental and climate conditions, ⨉SeedScore® provides accurate performance predictions.
Armed with this predictive insight, breeders can strategically decide which hybrids, varieties, and crosses to prioritize in field trials, potentially reducing testing costs and optimizing resource allocation.
Beyond cost-saving benefits, ⨉SeedScore® enhances breeders' understanding of genotype × environment × management (G×E×M) interactions. This deeper insight reveals why certain genetic traits thrive in certain environments.
start a conversation
At Computomics, we recognize that breeding programs come in all shapes and sizes. That's why we work on a diverse breeding program that caters to their individual needs. BreedScope serves as a foundational step when breeding companies want to better understand the competitiveness of their breeding pipelines, identify currently untapped market opportunities, and improve efficiency.
For larger programs, ⨉SeedScore® facilitates seamless integration by running the analysis on the server and providing predictions to support implementation.
Small-scale breeding programs, on the other hand, often lack the necessary data infrastructure. Here we play a vital role in helping establish data collection processes for future use. Additionally, we help build molecular genotyping capabilities and provide advice on breeding strategies.
Our approach is highly adaptable, considering factors such as program size and crop type.
By understanding their unique situations and aspirations, we strive to contribute meaningfully to their journey and help them navigate the ever-evolving landscape of agricultural technologies and strategies.
Please contact us at jmm@computomics.com. Let's talk. It could be the beginning of taking your program to a whole new level.
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