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MU Robotic system in use for genotyping crops

A team of researchers with the University of Missouri is using a mobile robotic system to measure growth, development and yield of crops.

Gui de Sousa, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science tells Brownfield measurements taken from a tower in corn and soybean fields alert a mobile robot in the field to collect data from plants under stress, “If the plant is under drought or flood or heat stress, the leaves may bend down or the leaves are not going to grow as fast. Or, they’re not going to reach a certain area. And, the robotic systems are able to measure those features.”

Measuring those features is called phenotyping and that information helps researchers identify tolerance and resistance for better varieties.

The research is funded by a National Science Foundation grant.

 

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