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High throughput plant phenotyping systems
small plants |
medium plants | |
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| Location of the facility | Climatized phytochamber | glasshouse |
| Screening object | Whole plant | Whole plant |
| Capacity | 384 – 4608 plants | 520 plants |
| Plant size/spezies | Maximal plant width: 3 – 9.5cm Maximal plant height: 30cm e.g. Arabidopsis, Brachypodium |
Maximal plant width: 30 cm Maximal plant height: 140 cm e.g. Hordeum vulgare |
| Method | fluorescence imaging (excitation: 400-500 nm, emission: 520-750 nm), visible imaging (390-750 nm), and near infrared imaging (1450-1550 nm) | fluorescence imaging (excitation: 400-500 nm, emission: 520-750 nm), visible imaging (390-750 nm), and near infrared imaging (1450-1550 nm) |
| Traits/parameters to be measured | plant architectural traits (plant height and width, projected leaf area (top, side view), estimated volume), physiological traits (color-related, CHL fluorescence, relations to moisture content by NIR) | plant architectural traits (plant height and width, projected leaf area (top, side view), estimated volume), physiological traits (color-related, CHL fluorescence, relations to moisture content by NIR) |
large plants |
Phenobot (System under development) | |
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| Location of the facility | glasshouse | GH, stationary (relocation possible) |
| Screening object | Whole plant | leaf surface (trichomes), automated selection of representative leaf areas |
| Capacity | 396 - 1584 plants | Approx. 90 plants per day |
| Plant size/spezies | Maximal plant width: 70 cm Maximal plant height: 230 cm e.g. Zea mays |
Rosette type plants, single stem plants, grasses (e.g. Arabidopsis, tobacco, barley) |
| Method | fluorescence imaging (excitation: 400-500 nm, emission: 520-750 nm), visible imaging (390-750 nm), and near infrared imaging (1450-1550 nm) | Imaging |
| Traits/parameters to be measured | plant architectural traits (plant height and width, projected leaf area (top, side view), estimated volume), physiological traits (color-related, CHL fluorescence, relations to moisture content by NIR) | Trichomes per area, trichome types (still in testing stage) |