Development of a Quick-Install Rapid Phenotyping System.

Sensors (Basel)

Department of Plant Science, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, 21 111 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada.

Published: April 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing need for accessible High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping (HTPP) platforms that can take measurements of plant traits in open fields. This paper presents a phenotyping system designed to address this issue by combining ultrasonic and multispectral sensing of the crop canopy with other diverse measurements under varying environmental conditions. The system demonstrates a throughput increase by a factor of 50 when compared to a manual setup, allowing for efficient mapping of crop status across a field with crops grown in rows of any spacing. Tests presented in this paper illustrate the type of experimentation that can be performed with the platform, emphasizing the output from each sensor. The system integration, versatility, and ergonomics are the most significant contributions. The presented system can be used for studying plant responses to different treatments and/or stresses under diverse farming practices in virtually any field environment. It was shown that crop height and several vegetation indices, most of them common indicators of plant physiological status, can be easily paired with corresponding environmental conditions to facilitate data analysis at the fine spatial scale.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10181467PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23094253DOI Listing

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