First 'Super Bean' Developed with Help from AI

A new “super bean” developed with help from artificial intelligence could reach farmers within a few years, the result of University of Guelph research using AI to speed up the plant breeding process and increase productivity.Dr. Mohsen Yoosefzadeh Najafabadi leads the Dry Bean Breeding and Computational Biology Program in the Ontario Agricultural College, and announced the bean at the August Dry Bean Breeding and Computational Biology Open House, held at the Ontario Crops Research Centre in Elora. Read the story on U of G News: Meet the First Beans Designed with Help From AI.

U of G’s dry bean breeding program is made possible by the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, a collaboration between the Government of Ontario and the University of Guelph. The Ontario Crops Research Centre in Elora is owned by Agricultural Research and Innovation Ontario, an agency of the Government of Ontario, and is managed by U of G through the Alliance.