Crop Phenotyping (ETHZ 751-4106-00L)
| 2024_FS_CropPheno | |
| 23.02.2024 - 31.05.2024 | |
| 13 x 4 h plus 1 Tag | |
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Beginn Anmeldefrist: 01.11.2023 Ende Anmeldefrist: 31.01.2024 |
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| Extern | |
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| Free of Charge for all Master and PhD students (PSC, LSZGS) | |
| Eschikon Field Station | |
| Crops are exposed to different abiotic stress factors during their development. Adaptation of crops to extreme environmental conditions during the course of the growing season (e.g. cold and heat stress; water-saturated or dry soils) has been achieved by plant breeding in the last century. However, there is enormous potential for optimization by means of modern crop phenotyping. In this course, the most important mechanisms of plant adjustment towards stress will be explained, as well as critical stages identified in which stress affects yield most severely. We will dissect growth and development into three main trait categories which can be related to ideotype concepts: (i) Timing of key stages; (ii) Quantities at defined time points or periods and (iii) Dose-response curves. The lecture will put a strong focus on hands-on experience for both the handling of plants and sensors as well as coding in R and Python. You will learn how to use passive imaging sensors, like thermal, hyperspectral or RGB cameras but also active sensors like laser scanners and chlorophyll fluorometers. You will set up your own R and Python environment and work on different aspects of the whole crop phenotyping workflow in small expert-teams. Each team will contribute a piece of information to the common phenotyping experiment which will be presented jointly at the final field day in June. At this day, different experts from ETH, Agroscope and Syngenta will provide hands-on experience in the field. See abstract for more details. | |
| Andreas Hund, Lukas Roth, Jonas Anderegg, Achim Walter, Jörg Leipner | |
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| PhD Students Postdocs if places available | |
| Prior Knowledge in plant breeding and the programming language R is a plus. | |
| English | |
| PhD students will take part in the MSc course 751-4106-00 G Crop Phenotyping. A reduced workload will allow to acquire 2 instead of the 4 ECTS points: Participants enrolled in the PSC are required to i) give a presentation, ii) participate in the group work carried out during the season, and iii) submit one of 5 exercises. | |
By registering you agree to the PSC course terms and conditions AGBs | |
| Arrange cancellation with the PSC coordination office (psc_phdprogram@ethz.ch): Up to 2 weeks prior to course start without a fine. Later cancellations and incomplete attendance without documented justification will incur a fee of 200 CHF. | |
| ETH PhD students have to register via MyStudies only, to ensure valid registration ! | |
| Dr. Luisa Last (psc_phdprogram@ethz.ch) | |
| FS24_Crop Phenotyping.pdfvertical_align_bottom |