AI accelerates tomato research faster, provides more data to growers

Added on 25 January 2024

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AI accelerates tomato research faster, provides more data to growers

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Tomato research at Syngenta Vegetable Seeds is now powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to capture more data, more accurately, and with more information available now than ever before. The state-of-the-art TomatoVision greenhouse in Maasland, the Netherlands, is trialing impactful technologies in agricultural AI, including the AI solutions of Source.ag.

"We use AI technologies to understand what information we can collect concerning our new varieties. This is even more important now that more and more growers are considering using AI driven systems in their operations,″ said Arthur van Marrewijk, Syngenta Vegetable Seeds Active Greenhouse Technical Manager. ″On the research side, we want to compare the data point we already collect today and see what key datapoints we can optimize to feed into grower AI systems as well as our breeding programs.

″Ultimately, we have a shared vision with Source.ag to provide grower with the most up-to-date resources they can reference, using data to power AI systems thus giving growers more information and increasing the potential for new and existing varieties.″

By collaborating with market leaders in AI technology, Syngenta Vegetables Seeds researchers can advance tomato innovations faster and provide more data to growers when new varieties are introduced. All in all, this means the right tomatoes would get to growers faster, and growers would have more data to make decisions on new products.

How AI technologies speed up research

Data collection and organization are important to maximize efficiency and accuracy. That’s where AI could come in, and why Syngenta is putting it to the test.