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Ismail Rabbi
Dr.
Ismail Rabbi is a molecular geneticist and breeder at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria. He works in the areas of genetics, genomics and crop improvement. Using high-density genotyping and …
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Anna Magdalena van Doorn
Anna Magdalena van Doorn is a Postdoctoral researcher in the shoot dynamics group of Uwe Rascher at the Institute for Bio and Geosciences of Forschungszentrum Jülich. She is developing methods to quantify canopy structure …
Ismail Rabbi
Dr.
Ismail Rabbi is a molecular geneticist and breeder at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria. He works in the areas of genetics, genomics and crop improvement. Using high-density genotyping and intensive field phenotyping of large germplasm collections and breeding populations, he has contributed to the characterization of the genetic architecture of important traits, including pests and disease resistance, enhanced micronutrient density, starch and yield traits in cassava. He has developed a suite of DNA markers linked to these traits that are now used to make indirect selection in the field. Besides discovery-research, he works alongside breeders in the Next Generation Cassava Breeding Project (www.nextgencassava.org) to implement Genomic-Selection in the breeding workflow. Genomic selection helps shorten breeding cycle, increase selection accuracy and accelerate genetic gain. Within the CASS project, Ismail will implement confined field trials and enhance collaboration between CASS and NextGen Cassava through multi-omics phenotyping of cassava populations.
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Anna Magdalena van Doorn
Anna Magdalena van Doorn is a Postdoctoral researcher in the shoot dynamics group of Uwe Rascher at the Institute for Bio and Geosciences of Forschungszentrum Jülich. She is developing methods to quantify canopy structure of cassava field trials with the use of aerial imaging and Structure from Motion. She is using UAV-based field phenotyping techniques to investigate the different seasonal behaviour of various cassava varieties. In the CASS project she is using these techniques to help understand the functional differences in canopy structure and relate these to functional traits.
Cassava canopy structure | UAV-based field phenotyping | Cassava growth strategies | Structure from Motion