Instant Insights: Phenotyping Applications in Agriculture

Roland Pieruschka is currently a plant scientist at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, IBG2: Plant Sciences after his PhD at the University of Düsseldorf and Postdoc at the Carnegie Institution in Stanford. He has been interested in physiological concepts and plant-environment interactions, particularly plant phenotyping, which he combines with establishment and coordination of international plant phenotyping research infrastructures (EMPHASIS), research infrastructure projects (EPPN, EPPN2020), international networks (IPPN). Dr Eri Hayashi is the President of the JPFA, where she is also the Director of International Relations and Consulting. Eri was Research Project Leader for a national project on Artificial Intelligence- and Phenotyping-based Smart Plant Factories with Artificial Lighting (PFALs). She leads a number of international projects on technology development, has given presentations at a number of international conferences, and has written widely on the topic of smart plant factories. She was a co-convener of the Symposium of Advances in Vertical Farming at the 31st International Horticultural Congress (IHC 2022). She led the JPFA in organizing the first JPFA International Symposium on Plant Factory (ISPF 2023) at Kashiwanoha, Japan.

• Chapter 1 - Origins and drivers of crop phenotyping: Roland Pieruschka and Ulrich Schurr, Institute for Bio- and Geosciences (IBG), IBG-2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany; 1 Introduction2 Technological progress in plant phenotyping3 Community integration in plant phenotyping4 Plant phenotyping as a tool for enhanced and sustainable crop production5 Future trends6 Where to look for further information7 Acknowledgements8 References Chapter taken from: Walter, A. (ed.), Advances in plant phenotyping for more sustainable crop production, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 78676 856 8)Chapter 2 - Advances in seed phenotyping using X-ray imaging: Sherif Hamdy, Aurélie Charrier and Laurence Le Corre, GEVES, France; Pejman Rasti, Université d’Angers and École d’ingénieur Informatique et Environnement (ESAIP), France; and David Rousseau, Université d’Angers, France; 1 Introduction2 Sample preparation3 Projection acquisition4 Image reconstruction5 Image processing6 Conclusion and outlook7 Future trends8 Where to look for further information9 References Chapter taken from: Walter, A. (ed.), Advances in plant phenotyping for more sustainable crop production, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 78676 856 8)Chapter 3 - Using phenotyping techniques to predict and model grain yield: translating phenotyping into genetic gain: Thomas Vatter and José L. Araus, University of Barcelona and AGROTECNIO (Center for Research in Agrotechnology), Spain; 1 Introduction2 Boosting genetic gain in grain yield by focusing on phenomics3 Stomatal conductance4 Functional stay green5 Case study6 Conclusion and future trends7 Where to look for further information8 References Chapter taken from: Tuberosa, R. (ed.), Developing drought-resistant cereals, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2024, (ISBN 978 1 78676 985 5)Chapter 4 - Advances in phenotyping to identify drought-resistance traits in cereal roots: John (Jack) Christopher, University of Queensland QAAFI, Australia; 1 Introduction2 Root phenotyping strategies and challenges3 Root traits to improve drought adaptation in cereals4 Phenotyping in controlled conditions: ex-situ5 Field phenotyping6 Three-dimensional imaging and root interactions with the soil7 Imaging and trait data extraction8 Above ground correlated traits in the field9 Trait by environment interactions10 Phenotyping methods for genomic selection and molecular breeding11 Case study: Late, deep root development in sub-tropical wheat12 Conclusion and future trends13 Where to look for further information14 Acknowledgements15 References Chapter taken from: Kozai, T. and Hayashi, E. (eds.), Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor vertical farming, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2023, (ISBN 978 1 80146 316 4)Chapter 5 - Plant phenotyping of individual plants towards optimal environmental control in plant factories: Eri Hayashi, Japan Plant Factory Association, Japan; 1 Introduction2 Current challenges with plant factories with artificial lighting3 Plant phenotyping4 Plant phenotyping in plant factories with artificial lighting5 Plant cohort research in plant factories with artificial lighting6 Phenotype-based environmental control in plant factories with artificial lighting7 Conclusion8 Acknowledgements9 References Chapter taken from: Buitink, J. and Leprince, O. (eds.), Advances in seed science for more sustainable crop production, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2022, (ISBN 978 1 78676 917 6)