Seminar: The heat is on: Investigating maize stress responses with high-throughput phenotyping
Date/Time: | Tuesday, 29 Aug 2023 from 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm |
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Location: | 1414 Molecular Biology |
Cost: | Free |
Contact: | Danise Jones |
Phone: | 515-294-2687 |
Channel: | Research |
Categories: | Lectures |
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Rising global temperatures threaten food security and crop productivity. Maize is often grown without irrigation, resulting in heat and drought stress that together account for 15 to 20 percent of crop loss worldwide. Here, we use high-throughput phenotyping to understand early vegetative growth in maize plants under abiotic stress. Using daily plant imaging and open-source image-analysis platform PlantCV, we use computer vision to measure plant growth and stress responses. This work has enabled the identification of tolerant and susceptible inbred maize lines, providing a foundation for functional studies into maize stress tolerance.