BbioRxiv7 Sep 2026
BOTANIC-1: a series of long-context plant genomic foundation models in the agentic era
Amélie Barozet, Vincent Cabeli, Jean Ogier du Terrail, Alexey Rukhovich + 6 more
The development of climate-resilient crops would be greatly accelerated by models able to reason directly over plant genomic sequences and to pinpoint trait-associated regions or loci. Anticipating the impact of DNA base changes (variants) remains challenging, and understanding regulatory mechanisms is still an active…