Multi-Omics Integration for Plant Breeding Applications: Why, When, and How?

Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Central

In many plant breeding programs, secondary traits other than the main trait of interest, are routinely collected throughout the year. These layers of information are referred to as 'omics’, and include high-dimensional information on weather, soil, crop health and development, and genetic makeup.
The high availability of multi-omics traits, combined with sophisticated data analytics, is substantially increasing our capacity to precisely identify superior genotypes while simultaneously shortening the breeding cycle. However, the improper implementation of multi-omics in plant breeding could mislead the selections, thus failing to accomplish the goal of a breeding program. During this webinar, the panel will discuss some of the potential issues and solutions using multi-omics data in plant breeding, as well as forecasting strategies and tools.