A Hub for Sustainable Agriculture and Forest Production in Future Nordic Climates
SENSECO COST action WG3 “Sensor Synergies” and the Research Infrastructure EMPHASIS have similar interests, which they approach from different directions. For instance, remote sensing and phenotyping communities use the same sensor technologies (hyperspectral, thermal, fluorescence, 3-D, etc.) and need similar…
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The NordPlant newsletter for December 2020 has now been sent out, and can also be found here. The contents are: NordPlant prolonged for 2021-2023 The 2nd NordPlant annual day successfully arranged NordPlant’s continuous work on joint data standards NordPlant Facility…
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The Climate Laboratory in Tromsø is jointly maintained by UiT The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) and Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy (Nibio). The Climate Laboratory offers excellent facilities for controlled growth experiments, as it has 6 daylight and 4 dark…
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We are very happy to announce that NordPlant’s mid term evaluation was approved by NordForsk. This means that our project has been granted a second round of funding for 2021-2023. We are very grateful to get this opportunity to continue…
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The 2nd NordPlant annual day was originally planned to be held in Tromsø. However, the covid-19 pandemic forced us to change our plans and arrange an online meting instead. Happily, this worked quite well, and we were able to arrange…
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During 2020, NordPlant has continued to work on the Facility Managers’ Forum initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate collaboration between the facilities by arranging study visits and other opportunities for the persons responsible for the facilities to…
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These are the posters being presented at the 2nd NordPlant annual meeting. Go to the presentation by joining the breakout room with the corresponding number and name of the presenter. The idea is that the poster presentation should work like…
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Remote sensing and multispectral imaging will revolutionize many aspects of human society, not least when it comes to plants and plant-derived products. In agriculture, these novel techniques are already now making an impact on plant breeding and precision agriculture. Similar…
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We originally intended to hold our second annual meeting in Tromsø, Norway. However, in view of the current situation we have decided to hold an online meeting instead. The theme will still be: “Plant phenotyping and modelling for improved resilience…
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In a new publication, Emina Mulaosmanovic and co-authors describe the use of phenotyping technologies to detect post-harvest damage on leaves. Plants are exposed to factors which cause tissue damage, like environmental stress (abiotic), herbivores (biotic), and mechanical injury from agricultural…
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