Designing Crops for Global Food Security

依托世界知名的UofS作物开发优势、强大的计算机信息和加拿大独有的同步加速器和其他成像设备，我们将以前所未有的速度和规模开发新的植物品种，从而改变植物育种。该项目将对植物性状进行数字化，使表型与所需性状的特定基因相关联，支持革命性的“设计”方法，并为全球采用新技术制定政策和战略。到2022年，我们的表型和成像研究中心将成为世界各地植物育种者的独特资源，改善全球粮食安全和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.