Protein prediction AI could help reactivate dormant immune system in crops

Two research groups have employed AI to understand how crop plants could be helped to recognise and defend against a wider range of bacterial threats. The teams, one lead by Gitta Coaker at the University of California, Davis, the other by Cyril Zipfel at the University of Zurich, used a combination of protein-prediction AI AlphaFold and natural variation to expand crop plants’ recognition of bacterial invaders.^1,2