plant biology: call for proposals :)
Jun. 24th, 2008 10:12 amThis post is for people who have experience/knowledge/vision in plant biology and related areas. Please help!
What I need is a list of open problems/research areas in plant physiology (botany, horticulture, environmental science you name it). Basically, I am trying to realize if there are any important scientific questions in plant biology that could benefit from a researcher's ability to image distribution of nutrients or other chemical compounds in plant tissues at different time, lighting, temperature etc. This kind of information is needed to realize if any of the problems in plant biology can be studied using technologies and methods from diagnostic medical imaging. Yes this is a somewhat unorthodox way to look for a project by why not?
P.S. If it's not clear yet: I am looking for things that might lead to fundable scientific projects, no matter how far-fetched this appears to be so far.
What I need is a list of open problems/research areas in plant physiology (botany, horticulture, environmental science you name it). Basically, I am trying to realize if there are any important scientific questions in plant biology that could benefit from a researcher's ability to image distribution of nutrients or other chemical compounds in plant tissues at different time, lighting, temperature etc. This kind of information is needed to realize if any of the problems in plant biology can be studied using technologies and methods from diagnostic medical imaging. Yes this is a somewhat unorthodox way to look for a project by why not?
P.S. If it's not clear yet: I am looking for things that might lead to fundable scientific projects, no matter how far-fetched this appears to be so far.