Review & Opinion: A European perspective on opportunities and demands for field-based crop phenotyping

This paper provides an overview of the current status of European field phenotyping capabilities and provides a roadmap for their future use to support crop improvement. This provides a wider framework for the analysis and planning of field phenotyping activities for crop improvement.

 A joint collaboration in frame of the EMPHASIS Field pilot and Experts in the the field.

Highlights

• Field phenotyping is a common challenge within the area of crop phenotyping.
• Capturing infrastructure availability and accessibility supports co-ordination.
• Multi-site crop examples provide a framework for future recommendations.
• New technologies, common access and data policies will ensure long-term value.
• Co-ordinated field phenotyping will support future crop research and breeding.

 

Abstract

The challenges of securing future food security will require deployment of innovative technologies to accelerate crop production. Plant phenotyping methods have advanced significantly, spanning low-cost hand-held devices to large-scale satellite imaging. Field-based phenotyping aims to capture plant response to the environment, generating data that can be used to inform breeding and selection requirements. This in turn requires access to multiple representative locations and capacities for collecting useful information. In this paper we identify the current challenges in access to field phenotyping in multiple locations in Europe based on stakeholder feedback. We present a map of current infrastructure and propose opportunities for greater integration of existing facilities for meeting different user requirements. We also review the currently available technology and data requirements for effective multi-location field phenotyping and provide recommendations for ensuring future access and co-ordination. Taken together we provide an overview of the current status of European field phenotyping capabilities and provides a roadmap for their future use to support crop improvement. This provides a wider framework for the analysis and planning of field phenotyping activities for crop improvement worldwide.

 

Merlijn Morisse, Darren M. Wells, Emilie J. Millet, Morten Lillemo, Sven Fahrner, Francesco Cellini, Peter Lootens, Onno Muller, Juan M. Herrera, Alison R. Bentley, Michela Janni,
A European perspective on opportunities and demands for field-based crop phenotyping, Field Crops Research, Volume 276, 2022, 108371, ISSN 0378-4290, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108371.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429021003178)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378429021003178

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108371