Newton Fund -TRF Workshop

Physiological Tools for Phenotyping Rice Photosynthesis

Venue: Srisumon Meeting Room, 4th Floor, Sc03 Building, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Programme:

Day 1 - Thursday 30th January 2020

8.30-9.00 Registration

9.00-9.30 Opening session

09.30 - 10.30 Theory on Infra-red gas exchange (Prof. Dr. Tracy Lawson and Dr. Phillip Davey)

Coffee break

11.00– 12.00 Theory of chlorophyll fluorescence and P700 measurements (dual PAM) (Prof. Dr.Tracy Lawson and Dr.Phillip Davey)

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00– 13.45 Theory of NDVI and thermal imaging (Dr. John Stamford)

13.45 - 14.15 Theory of the PhotosynQ (Dr. John Stamford)

14.15– 15.15 Practical demonstration of A/Ci and A/Q measurements

Coffee break

15.45– 18.00 Practical sessions with rotations around the following stations.

1) LICOR 6800 – IRGA & chlorophyll fluorescence (Prof. Dr.Tracy Lawson and Dr.Phillip Davey)

2) Dual PAM (Prof. Dr.Tracy Lawson)

3) PhotosynQ (Dr. John Stamford)

4) NDVI (Assist. Prof. Dr. Paweena Pongdontri and KKU team) and thermal camera (Dr. John Stamford)

18.00-21.00 Welcome party


Day 2 - Friday 31st January 2020

09.00– 12.00 Practical sessions with rotations around the following stations

1) LICOR 6800 – IRGA & chlorophyll fluorescence (Prof. Dr.Tracy Lawson and Dr. Phillip Davey)

2) Dual PAM (Prof. Dr.Tracy Lawson)

3) PhotosynQ (Dr. John Stamford)

4) NDVI (KKU team) and thermal camera (Dr. John Stamford)

Coffee break available during rotation

Lunch

13.00– 15.00 Data analysis (Gas exchange, fluorescence data analyses & interpretation) (ALL) (using data gathered from previous sessions).

Coffee break

15.15– 16.00 Data analysis (Image processing data analyses & interpretation) (ALL)

(using data gathered from previous sessions; all participants bring computer for data analysis)

16.00– 17.00 Q&A session and opportunity to develop specific protocols for each of the instruments

17.00-17.30 Closing session (presentation of certificate of attendance)

Tentative program for Workshop II_30-31Jan2020_TL_Final_website.pdf