Genomes to Fields (G2F)
Genotype by Environment Prediction Competition

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Overview

To date, the G2F initiative (www.genomes2fields.org) has collected data on over 180,000 corn field plots including over 5,000 hybrids and 280 unique environments.

Objective

Develop models to predict corn yield in the 2024 G2F trials based on the current G2F dataset and other publicly available data (see About tab for competitions rules and details).

Outcome & Award

The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize or equivalent compensation of $4,000 along with expenses paid travel and registration (up to $1,200) to present their competition model research and findings at an international meeting (see About tab for details).

The winning team will also be invited to be the first author(s) on a manuscript presenting the findings of the competition and the different modeling strategies. Additionally, all participants, regardless of their ranking in the competition, will be invited to be authors on the manuscript (subject to organizer approval and competition rules on the About tab).

Corn in early stage

 

Last Competition’s Joint Manuscript: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.13.612969

The 2024 competition will run from November 15, 2024 to January 15, 2025.

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Competition Timeline

Registration is Open!
November 15, 2024

Competition Opens!

Training Dataset Released to Participants.

December 15, 2024

Leaderboard Open for Submissions!

Registration Closed.

January 15, 2025

Completion Closed.

No Further Submissions Accepted.

January 31, 2025

Competition Winner Confirmed.

March 5-9, 2025

Winner Presents in Conjunction with Maize Genetics Conference.

January 15, 2025 - January 15, 2026

Participants invited to publish their own papers on individual models.

January 2026

Publish joint paper on competition outcomes.