Future Scenarios for Plant Phenotyping

With increasing demand to support and accelerate progress in breeding for novel traits, the plant research community faces the need to accurately measure increasingly large numbers of plants and plant parameters. The goal is to provide quantitative analyses of plant structure and function relevant for traits that help plants better adapt to low-input agriculture and resource-limited environments. We provide an overview of the inherently multidisciplinary research in plant phenotyping, focusing on traits that will assist in selecting genotypes with increased resource use efficiency. We highlight opportunities and challenges for integrating noninvasive or minimally invasive technologies into screening protocols…

• BF
  Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
• FJ
  Forschungszentrum Jülich
• PS
  Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University
• FF
  FP7 Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology