JPPC - the Jülich Plant Phenotyping Centre

Plant Phenotyping

Plant phenotyping is a rapidly evolving concept that links genomics with ecophysiology and agronomy. The basis of this concept is that the functional plant body (phenotype) originates during plant growth and development from the dynamic interaction between the plant genetic background and the environment in which the plant develops.

Plant phenotyping is necessary:

• to elucidate the functional role of gene networks under real (natural) conditions,
• to understand the impact of biological diversity in the adaptation of plants to heterogeneous and fluctuating environments and devise strategies to anticipate global climate change,
• to identify the genetic factors that provide, in interaction with the environment, the basis for high yield and sustainable plant production
• to couple the progress in plant biotechnology with agricultural production and plant breeding and
• to identify new resources of materials and compounds for use in industries.

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