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  • Today, members of the Predictive Plant Phenomics Graduate Student Organization are hosting a discussion with Corteva research scientist in predictive ag, Dr. Sandra Truong. She works on the design and optimization of agricultural systems. She received her bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and doctoral degree in genetics from Texas A&M University where she applied functional genomics and crop modeling to improve bioenergy sorghum. Her post-doctoral work in computational biology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used quantitative and functional genetics to improve bioenergy feedstocks and human health.

  • P3 affiliate faculty advance plant breeding for organic industry

     P3 affiliate faculty member, Thomas Lübberstedt is part of a team working to develop improved seed corn tailored to the needs of the rapidly growing organic industry.

     

    The lead investigator for the four-year, $1,996,500 grant is USDA Agricultural Research Service research geneticist Paul Scott, an affiliate professor of agronomy at Iowa State. Thomas Lübberstedt, the Frey Chair in Agronomy and Director of the Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding at Iowa State, will partner on the project, along with Martin Bohn from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Angela Linarez from the University of Puerto Rico.

  • Lie Tang, professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, has been awarded frunding form the Iowa Soybean Research Center for continuing his work creating 3D-sensing technologies.

     

    Tang will receive funding for a two-year project on “In-field soybean seed pod analysis on harvest stocks using 3D imaging and machine learning.” Through advancement of 3D-sensing technologies, Tang’s Agricultural Robotics lab at Iowa State University has made breakthroughs in field-based plant trait identification, or phenotyping, for maize and sorghum. With funding from the Iowa Soybean Research Center, they will work to extend those technologies and innovations into field-based soybean plant phenotyping. Read full article here.

     

    Congratulations, Dr. Tang!

  • Today, members of the Predictive Plant Phenomics Graduate Student Organization are hosting a discussion with CIMMYT senior scientist for the Global Wheat Program, Carolina Saint Pierre

    Dr. Carolina Saint Pierre is Senior Scientist at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). She is the wheat phenotyping coordinator for
    the CGIAR Research Program on international network of precision field based wheat phenotyping platforms. This global network is focused on the worldwide evaluation of target traits for wheat breeding, such as disease resistance, tolerance to abiotic stresses, and yield potential in key environments.

  • The P3 program is now offering Plant Cy-nce Toy Boxes for graduate students on a check-out basis. (see checkout form at plant_cynce_box_checkout_form.docx)

    The boxes were designed for use in the Foundations in Predictive Plant Phenomics course (GDCB/ME/BCB 585) where each lab team receives a box of sensors, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc. to measure light intensity, soil water conductance, barometric pressure, etc. These instruments are available to graduate students in any major program who are interested in applying these technologies to their research projects.

     

    Each Plant Cy-nce Toy Box includes (visit link to view actual item from box):

    Inventor kit – includes gear for an autonomous robot and works with Arduino

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