Researchers at the University of Minnesota are developing a custom field camera track system to collect data on dynamic plant traits.
Research lead Alex Susko says the project looks at how cereal crops respond to wind in real time to better understand lodging.
“Coming up with ways you can actually quantify that and possibly look for different physiological relationships with movement, and then underlying genetic components to hopefully guide management strategies for minimizing lodging resistance going forward.”
He tells Brownfield similar field camera systems exist, but his system is open source, less expensive, and easier to construct.
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