Phenomics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-25-2014
Abstract
The development of phenotyping technology requires increased automation and collaborations between biologists, agronomists, engineers, and bioinformaticians. Phenomics involves a series of high-throughput techniques to increase and automate the capacity and accuracy of phenotypic evaluation, so as to empower the discovery of the genes, transcripts, proteins, and metabolites that interact with the environment to produce the biodiversity prevalent today and drive the generation of new diversity that will serve to diminish the impact of climate change and other global challenges moving forward. One of the earliest phenotyping tools widely used to increase automation and throughput was the infrared gas analyzer (IRGA). Next-generation phenotyping facilitates the discovery of genes as well as improve gain from selection in a breeding context. Its application ranges from germplasm characterization, to genomic selection (GS), to QTL identification.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Omics in Plant Breeding
First Page
127
Last Page
146
Recommended Citation
Fritsche-Neto, R., Borém, A., & Cobb, J. (2014). Phenomics. Omics in Plant Breeding, 9781118820995, 127-146. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118820971.ch7