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SUMMARY:Crop Science Seminar: Combining multi-scale phenotyping\, AI-power
 ed analysis with genetic mapping studies to connect lab-based plant resear
 ch with in-field crop improvement - Ji Zhou\, Head of Data Science\, NIAB
DTSTART:20220406T093000Z
DTEND:20220406T103000Z
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CONTACT:Katherine Maltby
DESCRIPTION:Recent advances of imaging and sensing technologies\, machine 
 learning\, computer vision and big-data analytics open new opportunities f
 or plant research. Complex traits such as flowering\, canopy structure and
  yield formation can be dynamically characterised\, helping plant research
 ers understand growth patterns of key agronomic traits under varied enviro
 nmental conditions. These methodological advances can also enable biologic
 al discoveries to unravel the genetics behind target traits with quantifia
 ble evidence at the cell\, organ\, tissue\, plant\, and population levels.
  In this talk\, the speaker will start with NIAB’s seed l phenotyping la
 b (i.e. SeedGerm 2.0 and hyperspectral seed imaging with Videometer)\, the
 n link lab-based discoveries to plant early establishment in the field thr
 ough aerial phenotyping and the AirMeasurer platform. He will demonstrate 
 how to measure dynamic traits\, their applications in modelling plant grow
 th and development\, as well as their usefulness in genetic mapping studie
 s. Also\, the speaker will briefly introduce phenomics research carried ou
 t by his China-UK lab\, including aerial phenotyping of orchard fruits\, 3
 D trait analysis for screening resource use efficiency wheat varieties\, e
 mbedded AI techniques for yield prediction in wheat\, and spikelet-related
  trait analysis for rice\, demonstrating the great potential of plant phen
 omics in addressing challenging biological questions. \n\nDue to having to
  go online\, we are restricting the talks to University of Cambridge and a
 lumni to keep them as informal as possible.\n\nContact reception@plantsci.
 cam.ac.uk for a Zoom link prior to a talk if you are not on our mailing li
 st.
LOCATION:Online
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