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P & M Technologies collaborates with scientists around the world on projects leading to innovative products and services based on plant science. We are presently involved in the development of space-based technologies in plant physiology.

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Gina Mohammed
Dan Pernokis

"We are pleased to be involved in a new & exciting area of research that may one day permit detection of stressed crops and forests from satellites in space..."
– Dr. Gina Mohammed

ESA's Earth Explorer satellites provide an important contribution to the global endeavour to further our understanding of the Earth system as a whole.

FLEX – Earth Explorer

P & M Technologies is an active participant in the European Space Agency's Living Planet Programme as a member of the FLuorescent EXplorer (FLEX) project team.

The FLEX mission proposal is one of ESA's six candidate Earth Explorer core missions, short-listed from over two dozen proposals received by ESA from international science consortia. These six projects are now being assessed in detail.

If ultimately selected for implementation, FLEX would map and monitor the global steady-state chlorophyll fluorescence emission by terrestrial vegetation, using a very high spectral-resolution imaging spectrometer. Chlorophyll fluorescence is a potentially powerful tool for identifying early signs of vegetation stress.

Dr. Gina Mohammed, P & M's Research Director, helped to pioneer chlorophyll fluorescence applications for early detection of plant stress in forest species. She has published extensively on this topic and brings this expertise to the FLEX team.

Click here to read the FLEX project assessment report
(Go to "Assessment Reports" and then select "FLEX")

Click here for more information about ESA's LIVING PLANET Programme

European Space Agency