New research is harnessing advanced computer capabilities and artificial intelligence to fast-track the development of new barley varieties with improved foliar pathogen resistance – shaving years off conventional breeding program processes.

Dr Kai Voss-Fels is the project lead and senior research fellow with the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, based at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. The program is off to a strong start, thanks to the findings from the four-year barley foliar pathogen project.

Part one of this podcast explores these findings in more detail, with focus on pathogen presence and spread across Australia’s growing regions.

Contact:

Kai Voss-Fels, UQ

[email protected]

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