Established in 2021, the Shakoor lab at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is working hard to create a high-impact research program that integrates and applies data streams from diverse technologies and disciplines towards addressing specific, real-world challenges in sustainable cropping systems. The lab develops and uses integrated digital agriculture systems to study the effects of phenotype, genotype, and environment on crop productivity. In collaborations with and support from the Salk Institute of Biological Studies, National Sorghum Producers, USDA and NSF, leading edge tools, methods, and technologies are being utilized to study and optimize the ability of Sorghum bicolor to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in its roots, shoots and leaves.
Related websites:
www.shakoorlab.com, www.danforthcenter.org/our-work/principal-investigators/nadia-shakoor, www.agrelaeco.com, https://www.globalsorghuminitiative.org/
