Thermographic image as a technique to detect water stress in tomatoes

• Grant number: 22/05380-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 30, 2022
• End date: August 29, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agricultural Engineering - Soil and Water Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Ferrari Putti
• Grantee: Renata Fernandes Alves
• Supervisor: Malcolm John Hawkesford
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Engenharia. Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Tupã. Tupã , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Rothamsted Research, England
• Associated to the scholarship: 21/01679-3 - Thermographic image as a technique to detect water stress in tomatoes, BP.IC

Abstract

The present Research Internship Abroad scholarship project (BEPE) for a visiting undergraduate student involves the follow-up of an experiment which is currently underway at Rothamsted Research, called the Designing Future Wheat (DFW) project. The DFW project aims at more resistant wheat species capable of improving productivity for future generations. Led by Dr. Malcom Hawkesford, the work uses different imaging techniques to identify species with greater tolerance to scenarios of drought and temperature stress. The success of the project will generate intellectual progress in the knowledge of the image types used to identify nonconformities related to plant stress due to lack of water. Furthermore, the images obtained during the experiments in Brazil will be discussed, for a better understanding of the generated data and the drawing of possible conclusions, in addition to contributing positively to studies in the area of water deficit in crops in Brazil. (AU)