Miller Magazine Issue: 147 March 2022

40 MILLER / march 2022 NEWS Agreement expands Inari's SEEDesign™ technology platform to wheat through InterGrain's leading breeding program. Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, and InterGrain, a lead- ing cereal breeding company in Australia, announced a strategic collaboration to dramatically improve the yield potential of wheat, enhancing the crop’s long-term viability in the face of an increasingly variable climate. The partnership brings together InterGrain’s well-adapt- ed Australian wheat genetics with Inari’s predictive design and multiplex gene editing capabilities, promising a future of unique and competitive products that represent a step- change in yield potential. “InterGrain prioritises the sustainability and competitive advantage of Australia’s agriculture sector” says Chief Executive Officer Tress Walmsley. “Inari’s team brings a wealth of experience and knowledge, and InterGrain val- ues the collaboration capability to bring our shared vision for a more sustainable future for agriculture to life.” Inari applies data science and software engineering to create nature-positive outcomes, addressing the complex systems within plants that impact factors such as produc- tivity and resource use efficiency. “This collaboration with InterGrain is a critical next step in Inari’s mission to transform the crops most responsible for global food security,” says Ponsi Trivisvavet, chief ex- ecutive officer at Inari. “Our SEEDesign platform has the ability to transform any crop in any geography. Expanding not only into wheat but also into a new continent presents an exciting opportunity to broaden the reach and impact of our cutting-edge technology.” Together, InterGrain and Inari are targeting a 10-15 per- cent increase in wheat yield potential, in addition to more efficient use of inputs. “This is an exciting opportunity for both Australian growers and InterGrain with the technol- ogy having the capacity to dramatically improve grower on-farm profitability through the delivery of significantly higher yielding varieties across a range of grain growing environments,” adds Walmsley. “The genetic advance- ments available within our future varieties will ensure Aus- tralian growers’ competitive market advantages are main- tained.” The integration of this new breeding technology will meet Australian regulatory requirements. InterGrain and Inari collaborate to boost wheat yield