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Dear all,</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please join us in
<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u><a href="https://map.arizona.edu/107" id="OWA843fc207-bc10-8484-5948-74e05a0f3ee2" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Marley 230</a></u></b></span> on
<b>Tuesday, April 15, at 4:00 PM</b> for a seminar presented by Sebastian Calleja, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona. Dr. Duke Pauli will serve as the host.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zoom link:
<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/84253432688" id="OWAf6631c90-f9fc-65de-34d1-17c309b06ab0" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://arizona.zoom.us/j/84253432688</a></u></span>
(password: <b>SPLS2025</b>).</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Title: Using high-throughput phenotyping methods to characterize and genetically dissect agronomically important traits in upland cotton</b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Abstract:</b> A plant’s phenotype is a direct result of its genetics, environment, and their interaction. Therefore, to maximize crop performance it is imperative to understand the
diversity of key phenotypic traits under various environmental conditions. Measuring certain traits at scale remains challenging due to the time, labor, and potentially destructive nature of traditional measurement methods. These limitations hinder our ability
to do population-level analyses of these phenotypes and thus reduce our ability to understand the genetic architecture of these traits of interest. This research aims to alleviate these limitations by utilizing high-throughput phenotyping (HTP) methods to
characterize traits that indirectly inform on agronomically important traits in a non-destructive, accurate, and more efficient manner. Specifically, the objectives of the research are to phenotype a cotton diversity panel by (<i>i</i>) mapping plant canopy
temperature collected using a small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) and (<i>ii</i>) characterizing and mapping cotton seed and fiber traits using seed scanning methods. By validating and applying HTP methods, we can enhance our ability to genetically dissect
complex traits, providing critical insights into cotton’s response to environmental stress and producing valuable information that can be utilized to further improve cotton.</p>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Vladimir Script"; font-size: 20pt;"><b>Zhongguo Xiong</b></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;"> <br>
School of Plant Sciences BIO5 Institute<br>
BIO5 Email: </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:zxiong@arizona.edu" id="OWA77cf8eca-47ba-7746-a418-1affb90d3599" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">zxiong@arizona.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
Phone: (520)-621-9869<br>
Forbes 303, P.O. box 210036 Fax: (520)-621-7186<br>
University of Arizona <br>
Tucson, AZ 85721-0036 </span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="http://ag.arizona.edu/~zxiong" id="OWA76b12bf3-d8e0-dd1d-a46e-64a1ba38a1e7" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">http://ag.arizona.edu/~zxiong</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;"><br>
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