Team uses AI to develop the 'ultimate' chickpea - Futurity

You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Using artificial intelligence, researchers have developed a genetic model for the "ultimate" chickpea, with the potential to lift crop yields by up to 12%. Researchers genetically mapped thousands of chickpea varieties, and then used this information to identify the most valuable gene combinations using artificial intelligence (AI). Researchers wanted to to develop a "haplotype" genomic prediction crop breeding strategy, for enhanced performance for seed weight. "Most crop species only have a few varieties sequenced, so it was a massive undertaking by the international team to analyze more than 3,000 cultivated and wild varieties," says Ben Hayes, professor at the University of Queensland.