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Field high-throughput phenotyping: the new crop breeding frontier.

José Luis Araus¹, Jill E Cairns²

¹Department of Plant Biology, Unit of Plant Physiology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.

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|October 22, 2013

Summary

Field high-throughput phenotyping platforms (HTPPs) are crucial for crop genetic improvement but face limitations. Advances in technology are enabling more effective HTPPs for enhanced crop breeding.

Keywords:

crop breeding phenotyping remote sensing spatial variability stress tolerance

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Plant Genetics
Biotechnology

Background:

Genetic dissection of quantitative traits like yield and stress tolerance is limited by current field phenotyping capabilities.
Effective field-based high-throughput phenotyping platforms (HTPPs) are essential for advancing crop breeding but remain a bottleneck.

Purpose of the Study:

To review recent advancements in field HTPPs.
To highlight the integration of technologies for improved crop genetic improvement.

Main Methods:

Review of recent progress in sensors, aeronautics, and high-performance computing for HTPPs.
Discussion of integrating non-invasive remote sensing with automated environmental data collection.
Consideration of laboratory analyses complementing field phenotyping.

Main Results:

Progress in sensors, aeronautics, and computing is enabling more effective field HTPPs.
Future HTPPs should integrate affordable cost, high data capacity, non-invasive sensing, and automated environmental data collection.
User-friendly data management and interpretation are key to increasing HTPP adoption.

Conclusions:

Advancements in technology are paving the way for effective field HTPPs.
Improved field HTPPs will accelerate crop genetic improvement for future food security.
Integration of field and lab phenotyping, coupled with better data handling, is crucial.