Beck’s is expanding its collaboration with Computomics, a biotechnology company in Tübingen, Germany. The partnership, centered around predictive analytics, aligns Beck’s with top competitors when it comes to a modern breeding program, say company officials.
“We are expanding our successful long-term partnership with Beck’s, in which we apply our disruptive machine learning technology to bring new hybrids to market that have been optimized for specific climates. This provides Beck’s a unique opportunity for growth,” said Sebastian J. Schultheiss, managing director of Computomics, in a news release.
This partnership with Computomics gives Beck’s access to machine learning-derived evidence that helps breeders identify the future outcome of a product based on historical data, say company officials. Beck’s breeder predictions have expanded from 30,000 to 5 million. That means more high-yielding, region-specific products delivered faster, say company officials.
“Plant breeding is a numbers game. We aren’t looking for needles in haystacks; we’re building a database, predicting virtual hybrids, and then testing the top performers,” said Tom Koch, Beck’s breeding manager in a news release.
Beck’s corn breeder, Keith Rufener, stated that in the past, Beck’s relied heavily on in-field testing to determine the most promising hybrid. With Computomics technology, Beck’s is building a solid database of performance by predicting all possible genetic combinations, say Beck’s officials. Today, Beck’s has 10 times more commercial candidates available and advanced more than 50% of those hybrids from year two to year three.
“We are pairing science with art,” said Jim Schwartz, Beck’s director of research, agronomy, and PFR, in a news release. “It positions our program to take the next steps in advancing our breeding efforts.”
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