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Agronomic Field Trait Phenomics

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Recent advances in high-throughput phenotyping allow breeders to collect phenotypic data with a level of accuracy that was impossible to achieve previously. However, many of these technologies depend on leveraging-controlled environments like green houses or growth chambers. While these controlled phenotypes can have strategic value for gene discovery, their relevance for breeding and understanding genotype x environment interactions to predict field performance is an active field of study and currently limited, at best. This chapter deals with various technologies that have empowered the collection of phenotypic data directly under field conditions and the relative advantages and disadvantages of using them to collect agronomic phenotypes. Important considerations to be aware of before planning a high-throughput phenotyping experiment that use technologies like field spectroscopy and remote sensing are also discussed including a review of various publically available and/or commercial aerial, ground-based and root phenotyping platforms.

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  1. School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Dhyaneswaran Palanichamy

  2. DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, 50131, USA

    Joshua N. Cobb

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  2. Departamento de Fitotecnia, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Palanichamy, D., Cobb, J.N. (2015). Agronomic Field Trait Phenomics. In: Fritsche-Neto, R., Borém, A. (eds) Phenomics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13677-6_6

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