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Bayer looks to AI to combat herbicide resistance faster
OUR TAKE In addition to technological innovations, Bayer is also strengthening its cooperation with farmers and agricultural experts to develop more sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions. Their efforts are not only to introduce new products, but also to provide long-term ecological bala…
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OUR TAKE In addition to technological innovations, Bayer is also strengthening its cooperation with farmers and agricultural experts to develop more sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions. Their efforts are not only to introduce new products, but also to provide…
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OUR TAKE In addition to technological innovations, Bayer is also strengthening its cooperation with farmers and agricultural experts to develop more sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions. Their efforts are not only to introduce new products, but also to provide long-term ecological balance and agricultural production efficiency for global agriculture. Over time, Bayer hopes to help farmers deal with weeds more effectively, thereby improving the yield and quality of crops and reducing their negative impact on the environment. –Revel Cheng, BTW reporter Bayer is looking for advanced AI technology to help the company match the protein structure of weeds with molecules that target that structure.
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Analysis
Weeds are growing resistant to the herbicides already on the market, and agribusiness companies like Bayer are in a desperate search for new modes of action to help farmers kill them. Bayer’s Icafolin product will be its first new mode of action herbicide in some 30 years when it launches in Brazil in 2028. Frank Terhorst, executive vice president of strategy and sustainability at Bayer’s Crop Science Division, told Reuters on Monday that AI could help speed up finding that next new mode of action. “You want to find the one where you have maximum performance on what you want to kill – weeds, and basically no impact on everything else. And that balance is extremely difficult,” Terhorst told Reuters after an event in Chicago.
Key Points
- Bayer’s crop science division is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence in its battle against crop killing weeds.
- AI helps the company match the protein structure of a weed with a molecule that targets that structure, and enables it to use huge amounts of data.
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