STNMTZ_20210616_2262.TIF | George Steinmetz

Arizona, U.S.A.
Duke Pauli running a drought experiment on a field of sunflowers at the world's largest robotic field scanner on a 118°F day at the University of Arizona. He’s using a robotically controlled industrial gantry to place lights and sensors over crops in the two-acre field. Each plant is scanned every other day to create a 3-D model of the entire field, that shows the development of plant architecture and leaf structure in the visible and non-visible light spectrum. This allows Pauli to get laboratory quality data from plants that are subjected to real-world conditions and develop varieties that can be productive in severe weather.

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Arizona, U.S.A. <br />
Duke Pauli running a drought experiment on a field of sunflowers at the world's largest robotic field scanner on a 118°F day at the University of Arizona. He’s using a robotically controlled industrial gantry to place lights and sensors over crops in the two-acre field. Each plant is scanned every other day to create a 3-D model of the entire field, that shows the development of plant architecture and leaf structure in the visible and non-visible light spectrum. This allows Pauli to get laboratory quality data from plants that are subjected to real-world conditions and develop varieties that can be productive in severe weather.