Lecture ‘The genotype->seed->seedling->plant link: How 3D X-ray CT is transforming quality prediction’
Lecturer: Bas van Eerdt and Johannes Wolff
Tuesday, September 23, 12:00-12:45
Language: English
Every seed tells a story—but until now, we’ve only been reading the cover.
Seed professionals know the frustration: external seed features rarely predict performance. Traditional quality assessment methods often only capture proxies for seed quality and leave room for guesswork at critical decision points throughout the value chain.
What if you can measure internal seed quality and predict whether it will give a vigorous plant- right after harvest?
This session introduces SeedTelligence- a joint brand of PhenoKey and phenoLytics for our market-ready products – that makes the invisible visible. Using advanced 3D X-ray CT technology, we’re revealing the hidden factors that determine germination success, vigor, and field performance.
You’ll discover:
- How our new Xray CT system allows to predict germination outcomes from internal seed quality with unprecedented accuracy and throughput to leverage advances in big data and AI for stable & reliable seed quality that translates to reliable results for plant raisers, growers and farmers
- How this data can be leveraged to massively cut lead times, predict usable seeds directly after harvest, optimize processing and treatment, allowing to follow and optimize each seed lot anywhere in the world through centralized decision making for decentralized production
- Real-world cases where X-ray CT insights prevented costly quality failures & enabled responses to new challenges/demands such as infection (e.g., Lygus) detection, stress tolerance screenings and replacement of costly soil testing.
- Modular implementation approaches that provide quick wins when integrated within existing workflows and serve as steppingstone for further roll-outs.
- An interconnected, end-to-end technology ecosystem with horizontal and vertical interoperable data across the value chain and across sites around the globe
This isn’t about replacing your expertise-it’s about giving you 3D X-ray vision to see what you’ve always known was there. The technology is proven, the results are measurable, and the applications extend far beyond what we initially imagined.
Ready to look inside?
