3D Fruit Form Reconstruction with Dr. Mitchell Feldmann

<p>“Cost-effective, high-throughput phenotyping system for 3D reconstruction of fruit form” with Dr. Mitchell Feldmann</p> <p>Various research and breeding programs study phenotypical traits—or traits that can be discerned via the five senses—to evaluate the quality of their target crops. However, getting data on these traits, often via human-made measurements, can be time-consuming, subjective, and inaccurate, hampering research efforts. This episode of the Field, Lab, Earth podcast, Mitchell discusses his work developing a high-throughput, affordable way to capture one important phenotypical trait: fruit shape.</p> <p>Tune in to learn:</p> <ul> <li>Why it’s important to accurately measure fruit shape</li> <li>How consumers consider shape, size, and color when making purchasing decisions</li> <li>How Mitchell and his partner developed their system</li> <li>What kinds of fruits and other shapes they tested</li> </ul> <p>If you would like more information about this topic, this episode’s paper is available here: <a href= "https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20029">https://doi.org/10.1002/ppj2.20029</a></p> <p>This paper is always freely available.</p> <p>Contact us at <a href= "mailto:podcast@sciencesocieties.org">podcast@sciencesocieties.org</a> or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don’t forget to subscribe. If you’d like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: <a href= "https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/">https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/</a>.</p> <p>If you would like to reach out to Mitchell, you can find him here:<br /> <a href= "mailto:mjfeldmann@ucdavis.edu">mjfeldmann@ucdavis.edu</a><br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/mitchfeldmann">https://twitter.com/mitchfeldmann</a></p> <p>If you would like to reach out to Jagdeep Singh from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here:<br /> <a href="mailto:jzs0217@auburn.edu">jzs0217@auburn.edu</a><br /> <a href= "https://twitter.com/jagdeep_pb23">ht