Screening Crops (IMAGE)

Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Screening Crops

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University of Illinois Research Technician Evan Dracup (left) and Postdoctoral Researcher Katherine Meacham-Hensold (right) use hyperspectral cameras to screen entire research plots for high-yielding photosynthesis traits. Two recent publications are making this technology available to more scientists.

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Claire Benjamin/RIPE project

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