The field phenotyping platform's next darling: Dicotyledons.

Area of Science:

• Plant Science
• Agricultural Science
• Genomics

Background:

• Whole-genome sequencing and high-throughput phenotyping technologies are advancing crop science.
• Dicotyledonous plants are crucial agricultural crops, but their complex morphology presents phenotyping challenges.
• Collecting large-scale field phenotypic data is essential for crop improvement.

Purpose of the Study:

• To review advancements in field phenotyping platforms for dicotyledonous crops.
• To summarize research progress in high-throughput phenotyping of dicot traits.
• To explore future directions for dicot crop phenotyping.

Main Methods:

• Review of ground-based, air-based, and space-based phenotyping platforms.
• Analysis of research on morphological, physiological, biochemical, stress, and yield indicators.
• Exploration of future strategies including unified criteria, infrastructure, big data, and multiomics integration.

Main Results:

• Significant progress has been made in field phenotyping technologies for dicot crops.
• High-throughput phenotyping enables detailed analysis of various crop indicators.
• Current platforms and methods provide a foundation for future advancements.

Conclusions:

• Future dicot phenotyping requires unified criteria and high-performance platforms.
• Developing phenotypic big data knowledge maps is crucial.
• Integrating phenotyping data with multiomics will drive further genetic gains.