Gemma 4 and BOTANIC-1 pinpoint crop-trait DNA mutations in hours

Living Models paired Google's Gemma 4 with BOTANIC-1, a plant-DNA-trained AI, to identify the mutations behind crop traits. In one melon-yield test, the pipeline ranked the target mutation first among 2,494 candidates in under four minutes. The approach aims to speed development of climate-resilient crops that traditionally take years of field trials.