Dr. Marc Christian Heuermann
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben GERMANY.
Marc graduated as a biologist from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in 2020. He is a research associate at IPK Gatersleben and studies the influence of fluctuating light and environmental dynamics on plants at the molecular and phenotypic level. His research aims to investigate genotype-environment interactions under simulated field-like conditions and, in the future, under simulated weather conditions as predicted in future climate scenarios. He is currently working with high-throughput phenotyping systems at CAPITALISE to evaluate the potential of a large MAGIC maize panel to enhance photosynthetic performance.
Title: The potential of the IPK PhenoSphere – field simulation in an indoor system
Webinar date: Tuesday 4th April 14.00 CEST
Abstract: The IPK PhenoSphere is a plant cultivation infrastructure that simulates field-like environments to evoke trait expression similar to typical field situations. It is designed to run purpose-built cultivation scenarios in a highly reproducible manner to assess the performance of different genotypes of all major crop species. By combining field-like growth conditions in large-volume soil containers with the PhenoCrane, an automated multi-device imaging system on an xyz crane system, complex phenotypic traits can be dissected and hypotheses about the performance of genetic variants in current and future climate scenarios can be evaluated.