The Minutes of David Friedberg on breeding https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/breeding/ Everything David Friedberg has said on breeding: 3 verbatim quotes between June 2024 and September 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:45 +0000 Friedberg explains that a single potato plant produces 12,000 genetically distinct seeds, preventing tradition https://minutesof.com/q/3f459b9d-156e-4746-94dc-55b6318e5636/ https://minutesof.com/q/3f459b9d-156e-4746-94dc-55b6318e5636/ “So while a potato might make 12,000 seed from the flowers that grow out of that potato, every single one of those seed is genetically different.” — The Modern Acre Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:54:41 +0000 breeding Friedberg describes genome language models that can predict plant phenotypes from specific trait requirements https://minutesof.com/q/5a2c5e5d-1c6f-4cba-87a9-106a559025bf/ https://minutesof.com/q/5a2c5e5d-1c6f-4cba-87a9-106a559025bf/ “I can now build models that some people are calling genome language models or, you know, whatever you wanna call them that can be predictive of a phenotype.” — Seed World Group Mon, 20 Jan 2025 17:23:06 +0000 breeding Friedberg describes successfully turning off DNA reduction in sex cells to preserve complete genomes in crops. https://minutesof.com/q/b93891d7-c9b2-4ba3-8c51-45c1757be2e0/ https://minutesof.com/q/b93891d7-c9b2-4ba3-8c51-45c1757be2e0/ “The idea was we could turn off the process that causes the fusion, the reduction of the DNA, and have it have all the DNA. And so we did this. It started to work.” — TED Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:00:23 +0000 breeding