The Eastern Canadian Plant Phenotyping Platform (ECP3<\/a>) s a collaborative initiative between McGill University and Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke with the contribution of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI<\/a>) and the Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00c9ducation et de l\u2019Enseignement sup\u00e9rieur du Qu\u00e9bec (MEES). ECP3<\/a> has state-of-the-art tools to enable plant studies thanks to innovative infrastructures and technologies dedicated to phenomics and phenotyping such as phenomics systems, multi-scale imaging, genome editing, and ecological restoration.<\/p>\n\n Picture credit to ECP3<\/a><\/p>\n\n The greenhouse complexes were inaugurated in November 2007 (Universit\u00e9 Laval) and 2023 (Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke). These greenhouses have an area of approximately 4500m2 <\/sup>and are equipped with very sophisticated systems allowing precise control of the climate and fertilization The complex includes facilities at Universit\u00e9 Laval<\/a>, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke<\/a>, McGill University<\/a>, and ITA de Saint-Hyacinthe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Pictures credit to Universit\u00e9 Laval<\/p>\n\n A macro-CT scanner (<\/a>Canon CT Aquilion) and a micro-CT scanner<\/a> (Bruker Skyscan) are installed at the CT Scanning Lab at McGill University due to the support of two grants from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)<\/a><\/p>\n\n Picture 1<\/strong>: a small \u2018purse\u2019 containing a soybean grain and its seedling next to the micro-CT scanner (Bruker SkyScan 1174). <\/p>\n\n Picture 2<\/strong>: A small-fruited shrub (raspberry) is on the bed of the macro-CT scanner (Canon Aquilion Prime SP).<\/p>\n\n Picture credit to Pr. Pierre Dutilleul<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" . Eastern Canadian Plant Phenotyping Platform (ECP3) The Eastern Canadian Plant Phenotyping Platform (ECP3) s a collaborative initiative between McGill University and Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke with the contribution of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and the Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00c9ducation et de l\u2019Enseignement sup\u00e9rieur du Qu\u00e9bec (MEES). ECP3 has state-of-the-art tools to enable plant studies… Continue reading Infrastructures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1576","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411,"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1576\/revisions\/2411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/centreseve.recherche.usherbrooke.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/arabidopsis_thaliana_leaf_epidermis_button_3-1.jpg\")
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