Episode Details

Plants by nature are designed to interact with light. Satellites can measure the light reflected by plants to detect grapevine diseases before they are visible to the human eye. Katie Gold, Assistant Professor of Grape Pathology, Susan Eckert Lynch Faculty Fellow, School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section of Cornell AgriTech is trailblazing remote disease detection with imaging spectroscopy also known as hyperspectral imaging.

Imaging spectroscopy was developed by NASA to tell us what Mars was made out of. By turning satellites back on Earth, Katie and a team of scientists are learning how to use the light reflected back to manage grapevine viral and foliar diseases. Listen in to the end to get Katie's number one piece of advice on the importance of data management.

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• Disease Triangle of Plant Pathology
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• Katie Gold, Cornell University
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• NASA AVIRIS (Airborne Visible and InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer)
• NASA Acres - applying satellite data solutions to the most pressing challenges facing U.S. agriculture
• NASA Emit Satellite
• NASA JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
• Planet Labs

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Craig Macmillan 0:00

With us today is Katie Gold, Assistant Professor of Grape Pathology at Cornell AgraTech campus of the Cornell University. Thanks for being on the show.

Katie Gold 0:08

Well, thanks for having me.

Craig Macmillan 0:09