Overview
This episode delves into the world of plant phenotyping. Kerstin Neumann shares her insights from managing a very diverse phenotyping infrastructure. Here, field-like growth is enabled under strictly controlled conditions, including setups to measure abiotic stresses. She explains how this enables the non-invasive tracking of plant growth and the involved genomic regions. The conversation also sheds light on INCREASE, a large European project including a Citizen Science Experiment led by Kerstin, now in its 5th year. INCREASE generates phenotypic data for an extensive collection of common bean varieties - with the help of citizens all over Europe who contribute to data collection in an unprecedented number of different locations.
More:
https://www.ipk-gatersleben.de/en/research/molecular-genetics/automated-plant-phenotyping
https://www.pulsesincrease.eu/experiment
https://calls.ars.electronica.art/2024/prix/winners/12961/
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Kerstin Neumann studied Biology at the University of Potsdam, and since her PhD time she is at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben. She is group leader of the group Automated Plant Phenotyping and since the start of her scientific career works with plant genetic resources (PGR) from gene banks, including IPK collections, mainly of cereals and more recently, legumes. Her research interests are the exploration of stress tolerance (drought, heat) using the wide phenotypic and genetic variance present in PGR. She employs modern automated plant phenotyping via different cameras and sensors to non-invasively explore growth over the time-course. |
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