b'The SeedLinked platform compiles and visualizes trial results, making grower-generated data accessible for breeders and researchers.PHOTO: SEEDLINKEDAbove: A grower records data and reviews tomato varieties directly from the field using the SeedLinked app.PHOTO: SEEDLINKEDRight: Growers rate tomato trial varieties using SeedLinkeds digital platform, providing real-world feedback on performance.PHOTO: SEEDLINKEDBuilding Toward a Participatory FutureBecause trials take place across a range of climates and growing conditions, the result-ing data offers insights that traditional single-site trials lack. Enjalbert explains that SeedLinked is also using AI tools to help summarize the flood of information coming in.When you get hundreds of comments, its hard to analyze everything, Enjalbert says. These tools help distill key themes and improve how feedback is used.The NPGS also performs genotyping where possible,For SeedLinked, next steps include building predictive sequencing genetic material to look for associations betweenmodels that combine genotypic, phenotypic, and environmental genes and observable traits. data to estimate how untested varieties might perform.Plant genetic diversity is where all breeders and geneticistsNow you can say, I trialed 25% of the seed bank, and with go if theres a new problem that theyre trying to solve to createthis model and sequenced data on the rest, we can predict the new cultivars for U.S. farmers, Warburton says. performance of the entire collection, Enjalbert says.Enjalbert sees potential for growth. Participants are con- This collaboration is not only making genetic resource evalu-nected to experts who share knowledge, Enjalbert says. Theyation more efficientIt is also connecting growers and creating love being part of a community. I have a bold goal to havea future where more people can take part in shaping resilient, 30,000 users by 2030. If we had 30,000 people contributing,regionally adapted crops for the years ahead.we could characterize more than 6,500 accessions every year, atThe future of seed research is participatory, and its a future more than 20 locations. were inviting others to help shape, Enjalbert says.SW16/ SEEDWORLD.COMDECEMBER 2025'