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In the first experiment, our agent was given a breeding program with a fixed budget; The same number of offspring were produced each generation. In reality, the breeder can allocate resources unevenly across the selection cycles. The simplest way to allocate budget is to increase the number of grown individuals, giving them more shuffled genomes and potentially higher trait scores. [Read More]

Plant breeding programs are expensive and long-lasting, typically taking 6-14 years to complete. These programs are vital for global productivity in ever-changing markets and climate conditions. Their success hinges on breeders making a series of critical decisions, each with far-reaching consequences that can determine the program’s relative success or failure. [Read More]

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This post covers work related to a recent GEM maize competition where users were provided SNP data, weather data, and additional data to predict the yields in an unseen year. [Read More]