Dr. Katja Herzog

address
Julius Kühn-Institut
Geilweilerhof
76833 Siebeldingen
Julius Kühn-Institut
Geilweilerhof
76833 Siebeldingen
Assignments and Research Activities:
- Group leader sensor-based grapevine phenotyping
- Coordinator and supervisor of different projects
- Development and validation of sensor assisted, automated methods for an objective description of grapevine characteristics
- Application of imaging and non-imaging sensors and sensor fusion under lab, greenhouse or field conditions
- Plant Phenomics: Development and establishment of fast screening techniques for grapevine breeding purposes, breeding research (QTL analysis and novel molecular marker) as well as objective characterization of the genetic repository
- Analysis, interpretation and statistic modelling of sensor data with corresponding ground truth evaluations
- Main topics: phenology, grape bunch architecture, berry skin/surface features as physical barriers, Botrytis
- Established phenotypic pipelines and its application:
- 3D phenotyping pipeline for an automated, non-invasive acquisition of the 3D bunch architecture including berry number, berry size, total bunch volume and bunch weight with application in breeding research for molecular marker development
- Fast measurement of grape berry impedance as novel indicator for berry surface characteristics and resilience towards Botrytis bunch rot disease especially for objective phenotyping of breeding material and molecular mapping
- Interdisciplinary cooperation’s:
- computer Science
- Artificial Intelligence
- Statistics, Bioinformatics and modelling
- German Plant Phenotyping Network (DPPN)