[AgMIP] Post-doctoral fellowship in field phenomics for energy sorghum

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(Apologies for cross posting)
The University of Arizona is advertising a post-doctoral research associate position at Maricopa, AZ to work on energy sorghum under a novel field gantry phenotyping system:
"The School of Plant Sciences seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate I to join a multi-disciplinary team of scientists from the University of Arizona, USDA-ARS, and other institutions studying a reference phenotyping system for energy sorghum at Maricopa, AZ. An integrated phenotyping system will be developed for energy sorghum that leverages genetics and breeding, proximal plant sensing, genomics, and computational analytics. Phenotyping will focus on traits that drive yield gain and bioenergy potential and will be conducted under field conditions using a sorghum diversity panel, bi-parental cross populations, and elite lines and hybrids from structured breeding populations. This reference system will be used to characterize phenotype-to-genotype associations, on a genomic scale, that will enable knowledge-driven breeding and the development of higher-yielding energy cultivars. Approximately 900 entries will be planted in the field each season, and crop growth will be evaluated using a range of high resolution imaging systems and sensors, providing measurements in visible, near-infrared (IR), short-wave IR and thermal IR spectra. The system will be mounted on a self-moving gantry system. For a description of the gantry system see http://www.lemnatec.com/applications/field-phenotyping/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjWxqqRynJg."
While the position does not directly involve crop modeling, the data generated will be made available to the modeling community.

For the full job announcement please see:
https://uacareers.com/postings/5495
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Best regards,
Jeff White
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