Increasing the Rate of Genetic Gain Delivered to Farmers: Some Lessons from US Commercial Plant

The focus of Monsanto Breeding is to increase genetic gain and protect productivity of six crops globally. This is built on a base of extensive genetic diversity that can be harnessed with new genomic and data technologies. These integrated systems enabled accelerated improvement in key plant health traits. The application of Genome Wide Selection permits scaling of breeding programs. Layers of data require interconnected analytics to enhance decision making in breeding programs. The extensive data collected on products in the pipeline not only support better product advancement but provides valuable data on products released to support decisions by the customer. Commercial plant breeding continues to undergo transformation that will overtime have a global impact across multiple crops.