Advances in plant phenotyping for more sustainable crop production

“Phenotyping is fundamental for crop improvement and has been undergoing a revolution thanks to new capabilities in imaging, computing and data analysis. This book provides an excellent overview of both the technological advances that have underpinned this revolution and the link through to application in tackling some the major problems facing breeders.”Prof. Peter Langridge, University of Adelaide, Australia; and The Wheat Initiative, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Germany "I look forward to reading this book in view of the topics covered and the relevance of the authors. The book will be extremely useful for the plant phenomics community."Prof. Francois Tardieu, INRAE, France Plant phenotyping is rapidly developing technology that involves the quantitative analysis of structural and functional plant traits. It is widely recognised that phenotyping needs to match similar advances in genetics if it is to not create a bottleneck in plant breeding. Advances in plant phenotyping for more sustainable crop production reviews the wealth of research on advances in plant phenotyping to meet this challenge, including new technologies such as optical and thermographic sensors, as well as alternative carrier systems such as field robots and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The book details the use of plant phenotyping to analyse traits such as crop root functionality, yield performance and disease resistance. Edited by a world-renowned researcher in plant science, Advances in plant phenotyping for more sustainable crop production will be a standard reference for university and other researchers in plant science, as well as those in computing and engineering science with a research focus on computer vision, data mining and image-based plant phenotyping. The book will also be a key resource for plant breeders, government and private agencies involved in advocating for a more sustainable agriculture, agricultural engineers, as well as suppliers of agricultural technology. Dr Achim Walter is Professor of Crop Science and Head of the Crop Sciences Group in the Department of Environmental Systems Science in the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Professor Walter is a member of the scientific advisory boards of several national and international agricultural research institutions. He is internationally-renowned for his research in image-based phenotyping of plant shoots and roots.