Speed Matters: How Digital Imaging Can Create a More Resilient Crop in a Changing Climate
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This one-hour webinar explores work in the U.S., Senegal, Ghana and Uganda using hand-held devices and drones to capture photogrammetry traits in plants. A team of students and researchers validated equipment and created models to predict how groundnut varieties respond to stresses, such as drought and disease. Learn how these tools make breeding programs more responsive in the face of climate change, allowing scientists to phenotype plants in days instead of months.
Speakers
Maria Balota
Professor of Crops Physiology
Virginia Tech
Ivan Chapu
Graduate Student
Makerere University
Emmanuel Sie
Graduate Student
University of Ghana
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