Zhiwu Zhang

May 12, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Bosen Zhang |Amber Hauvermale |Zhiwu Zhang |Alison Thompson

1 INTRODUCTION Modern agricultural industry is a sophisticated system encompassing research and breeding programs, crop field production, trade and insurance organizations, processing factories, and end users (Council, 2015; Motes, 2010). Together, these sectors compose the food supply chain. For commodity crops, the chain begins with developing elite varieties through research and breeding programs. Seeds of elite varieties are then sold and planted in growers' production fields.

Jan 3, 2024 | wagrains.org | Zhiwu Zhang

By Zhiwu ZhangArtificial intelligence (AI) comes to every corner of our life. It is not only in the automatic driving cars on the roads, but also coming to our wheat fields and inspection stations to improve production. Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. Tritici, is one of the most devastating diseases of wheat and causes large-scale epidemics and severe yield loss.