Plant Science - Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Addressing the threat of herbicide-resistant weeds

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Under the supervision of Professor Philippe Seguin and Tanya Copley, PhD, CEROM, Ximena is studying the threat that herbicide-resistant weeds pose in Canada and abroad.

Understanding the soybean root system

�鶹��ý��վ — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:19:12 +0000

Under the supervision of Professor Pierre R.L. Dutilleul, Prabhjot Singh Sanghera's research aims to develop a 3D non-destructive phenotyping framework to better understand the soybean root system architecture by using Computer-aided; tomography. “After my thesis,” he says, “I plan to further my research career and pursue a PhD in fields related to phenomics or computational biology.”

Unlocking the potential of Madagascar periwinkle

�鶹��ý��վ — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:26:03 +0000

Fanfan Li's current area of research, supervised by Professor Mehran Dastmalchi, involves the study of the medicinal and ornamental plant Madagascar periwinkle to uncover biochemical and regulatory elements of anticancer and analgesic compound biosynthesis.