Designing Crops for Global Food Security

基于世界知名的UofS作物开发优势，强大的计算机信息学和独特的加拿大同步加速器和其他成像设施，我们将通过以以前无法想象的速度和规模开发新的植物品种来改变植物育种。该计划将验证植物性状，使表型与特定基因的联系能够实现所需性状，支持革命性的“按设计”方法，并解决全球采用新技术的政策和战略。到2022年，我们的表型分析和成像研究中心将成为世界各地植物育种者的独特资源，改善全球粮食安全并支持加拿大的农业部门。

Building on world-renowned UofS crop development strengths, powerful computer informatics and unique-in-Canada synchrotron and other imaging facilities, we will transform plant breeding by enabling the development of new plant varieties at a previously unimaginable speed and scale. The Program will digitize plant traits to enable the linkage of phenotypes to specific genes for desired traits, support a revolutionary “by-design” approach and address policies and strategies for global uptake of new technology. By 2022, our Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre will be the unique resource for plant breeders around the world, improving global food security and bolstering Canada’s agricultural sector.