b'PARTNER CONTENTSeed-X exclusive and Versatile AI Seed Quality Determination Technology is Now Scientifically ProvenBy:Or Rotem, PhD Product Manager Seed-X TechnologiesS eed-X Technologies R&D team had itsCOMMERCIAL SEED LOT GERMINATION UPGRADE USING SEED-X AIRobust seed germination prediction using deep learning and RGB image data article published in the open-access, peer-reviewed Scientific Reports, one of Nature Portfolio most cited journals. It describes in great detail how GeNeeTM Technology, the brains behind the first-ever AI-powered seed sorting machine GeNeeTM Sorter, facilitates seed classifi-cation by specific quality attributes like never before, by mere image analysis.GeNeeTM Technology crunches plain image data to extract the quality grade of every seed by bespoke quality attributes. This is achieved by training GeNeeTM proprietary algorithms per use-case to correlate between the image data and the quality attribute of interest. This paper focuses on seed germina- Collectively, this study illustrates how afate or genetic purity, and it provides valu-tion fate and addresses two main issues:single sorting event by the GeNeeTM Sorterable insights for various applications.Prediction universality and adaptiveness.outcompetes the separation proceduresSeed-X team keeps applying the Concerning the former, it shows how bothconducted today in terms of germina- technology on various crops and use-seed germinability and germination vigortion rate improvement and seed recovery.cases, upgrading seed lots, and improving are predicted to render dozens of disquali- Additionally, GeNeeTM Technology grantsclassification performance by perfecting fied seed lots of multiple crops and variet- the users with the ability to pre-define thealgorithm code and adapting the training ies from different seed companies acrossquality and quantity of the sorting output,data for every use-case. The pie chart be-three continents industrially appropriate,in accordance with their particular suc- low presents the amount of seed batches by bringing them to 90% seed usabilitycess criteria. upgraded since 2021 by GeNeeTM Technol-rate with minimal unintended seed loss.GeNeeTM Technology has been used byogy per crop. With this, the paper demonstrates Ge- seed companies globally since mid-2020 toSeed-X Technologies was founded in NeeTM Technology competence to handleimprove the germination and genetic puri- Israel by a group of seasoned hi-tech busi-multiple genetics, breeding programs,ty rates of commercial lots. So far, over 300ness experts and scientists in 2018. It has cultivation conditions and productionseed lots of various varieties and crops,since expanded its activities across three pipelines. including (and not limited to) Solanaceae,continents: US, Israel and Europe (Neth-The study further shows that trainingcucurbits, brassicas and ornamentals,erlands). The company will be presenting data adaptation enables to generate supe- have been processed and marketed (seeits GeNeeTM Sorter at the ISF World Seed rior predictors and thus improve predic- picture). Processing by Seed-X Technol- Congress 2022 in Barcelona (booth 38-39). tion performance. As proof of concept, itogy not only maximizes profitability forYou are welcome to drop by and see it live.demonstrates how extensive crop-levelseed companies, but also allows them towww.seed-x.comdata can streamline the sorting processminimize inventory costs and optimizeScientific Reports (volume 11, Article by circumventing the need to train theproduction planning. As mentioned, thehtt mber:ww.nature.com/srep/nu ps://w 22030)system per new seed lot.technology is not limited to germination INTERNATIONAL EDITION 2022SEEDWORLD.COM /81'