Affiliation:
1. Beijing Key Lab of Digital Plant, Information Technology Research Center Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences Beijing China
2. National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Plant Gene Research, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan China
Abstract
SummaryThe microphenotype plays a key role in bridging the gap between the genotype and the complex macro phenotype. In this article, we review the advances in data acquisition and the intelligent analysis of plant microphenotyping and present applications of microphenotyping in plant science over the past two decades. We then point out several challenges in this field and suggest that cross‐scale image acquisition strategies, powerful artificial intelligence algorithms, advanced genetic analysis, and computational phenotyping need to be established and performed to better understand interactions among genotype, environment, and management. Microphenotyping has entered the era of Microphenotyping 3.0 and will largely advance functional genomics and plant science.
Funder
National Basic Research Program of China
Subject
Plant Science,Agronomy and Crop Science,Biotechnology