Plant Science - <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/macdonald">Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences</a> /plant/articles/rss en Addressing the threat of herbicide-resistant weeds /plant/article/threat-herbicide-resistant-weeds &lt;p&gt;Under the supervision of &lt;a href=&quot;/plant/philippe-seguin&quot;&gt;Professor Philippe Seguin&lt;/a&gt; and Tanya Copley, PhD, CEROM, Ximena is studying the threat that herbicide-resistant weeds pose in Canada and abroad.&lt;/p&gt; Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:34:45 +0000 6018 at /plant Understanding the soybean root system /plant/article/plant-science-testimonial/understanding-soybean-root-system &lt;p&gt;Under the supervision of Professor &lt;a href=&quot;/plant/pierre-rl-dutilleul&quot;&gt;Pierre R.L. Dutilleul&lt;/a&gt;, Prabhjot Singh Sanghera&#039;s research aims to develop a 3D non-destructive phenotyping framework to better understand the soybean root system architecture by using Computer-aided; tomography. “After my thesis,” he says, “I plan to further my research career and pursue a PhD in fields related to phenomics or computational biology.”&lt;/p&gt; Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:19:12 +0000 6017 at /plant Unlocking the potential of Madagascar periwinkle /plant/article/fanfan-li-phd-candidate &lt;div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Fanfan Li&#039;s current area of research, supervised by Professor &lt;a href=&quot;/plant/mehran-dastmalchi&quot;&gt;Mehran Dastmalchi, &lt;/a&gt;involves the study of the medicinal and ornamental plant Madagascar periwinkle to uncover biochemical and regulatory elements of anticancer and analgesic compound biosynthesis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:26:03 +0000 6016 at /plant