Lab News

Our Drone Crew, Emilie, Sylvain, Gregory, Siyu, and Luke, recently completed an exciting drone flight mission at both the Turkey Point and Pickering sites. Armed with a new technology, the team deployed a UAV equipped with a lidar and hyperspectral camera, capable of capturing unparalleled data from above.Before taking to…

Congratulations to Maria Proskurina and Samira Kamal Eddin who presented their ROP research at the Summer Undergraduate Research Fair on August 20th, 2024. Maria presented her in-depth study on drought tolerance in Picea glauca, utilizing both destructive and non-destructive methods. Meanwhile, Samira explored the impact of soil moisture on the…

At our Pintendre experimental site in Quebec, part of the Fastpheno project, Grace and Emilie embarked on a field mission to collect fresh plant samples. Their objective? To determine the turgor loss point (TLP), a key indicator of plant water stress. In simple terms, TLP is the water potential level…

Preparations are underway for the garden plot drought experiment for this summer, on White Spruce in a controlled environment! Christina, Grace, Samira and Emilie went out to label trees for destructive versus non-destructive sampling. We are excited to see the results of the experiment in the coming months!

Our team, Emilie, Grace and Samira, headed to Pickering for the first campaign of the year, which involved tree selection and sampling! We are looking forward to an exciting field season ahead!

Interested in contributing to scientific research from the comfort of your own home? The Ensminger Lab is looking for volunteers to aid in our creation of a tree monitoring algorithm this summer! Volunteers will receive a certificate listing the number of hours worked and duties fulfilled at the end of…