The Nordic Plant Phenotyping Network facilitates and promotes information exchange between Nordic research institutions, Nordic plant breeding companies and industry technology providers. The network aims at enhancing the dynamic development of high-throughput field phenotyping methodologies, technologies and practical implementation of progress through a focus on end-user involvement and knowledge sharing.

Phenotyping crops in experimental fields is a great example of where drone technology can offer excellent value for the agricultural sector. Drones allow us to measure plant traits of interest in a scalable and objective way. But what is phenotyping exactly? What are the possibilities and limitations? And how can I get started?

At the 3rd trilateral symposium on Artificial Intelligence (AI), stakeholders from academia, industry and policy-making will discuss measures to tackle planetary challenges that humankind is facing in the Anthropocene and share their visions for realizing a sustainable society.

Each year, the Global Institute for Food Security hosts a Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre (P2IRC) Symposium designed to share information and learnings achieved in the past year. The event brings together P2IRC researchers, members of our International Scientific Advisory Committee, students, delegates and partners representing industry and producer groups.

With close to 1.100 registrations already, the Berlin Congress once again promises a lively and buzzing atmosphere of discussion, trade and exchanges on latest economic and policy developments as well as a large-scale exhibition that showcases the innovative potential in and around the plant breeding and seed industry.

PlantComp will bring together young researchers in plant physiology, sensing and modelling. Due to the increased specialisation in these fields, researchers are often unaware of novel technologies from other fields. PlantComp is set up to bridge this gap and to facilitate a cross-pollination among these fields in plant sciences and to advance towards increased interdisciplinary research.

The 7th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, IPPS 2022, brings together a multidisciplinary community of plant biologists, ecologists, engineers, agronomists and computer scientists. In a rich and diverse networking environment we foster knowledge exchange, collaboration and innovation.

UPDATE:  EARLY BIRD  & Abstract submission periods extended

• Early Bird Registration closes:  May 1, 2022 [NEW]

• Abstract Submission closes:  May 15, 2022  [NEW]

For anyone interested in root phenotyping this is the chance to join the IPPN Root Phenotyping Group who just recently elected a new Chair & Co-Chair.

The GPZ invites you to the main bi-annual conference
Breeding plants for tomorrow’s world – challenges and solutions

The conference will take place in a hybrid format and can be attended in presence or online

The International Horticultural Congress (IHC) is the most important scientific event organised every four years since 1959 in the fields related to Horticulture* under the auspices of ISHS (International Society for Horticultural Science).

Update (12.11.2021): To present your research on related topics, please submit your abstracts (https://www.actahort.org/members/symposiar?nr=762) by 15 November 2021.

Through this two-hour workshop, participants will learn the basic principle of the genome-wide mediation analysis to establish a causal chain from SNP to intermediate Omics phenotype to agronomic traits. The presenters will then provide a hands-on experience integrating populationwide Omics data to identify mediator genes.

In 2022, we eagerly anticipate the return of an in-person meeting, where we can again share the energy of presenting and discussing leading-edge research, making spontaneous connections, refreshing friendships and collaborations, and being part of the plant science community. 

Discover the art of creating extraordinary science at SEB’s Annual Conference in Montpellier, France from 5 to 8 July 2022.

Registration will open soon!

The ‘1st Wheat GEMS: mini-symposium on Wheat Genetics, Microbiomes and Soil Health’ will bring together experts in wheat genetics, microbiomes and soil science. 

We are looking forward to our next working group assembly, which is planned as a pre-meeting for the workshop of the IPPN Affordable Phenotyping Working Group at the IPPS2022.

This meeting is open to everyone interested in Affordable Phenotyping methods.

Since further development of the situation cannot be foreseen, together with the ISA Board, we have decided to postpone the conference for the next year. The new time for the conference is June 20th to June 23rd, 2022. The conference will be held in the same place, Master center, in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Participation is free of charge. This includes bus transport on the 14th-15th June, meals and the social dinner on 14th June. Hotel and additional transport should be covered by participants themselves.

Deadline for registration is 20th May 2022.

After the finalization of the DPPN funded Plant Cultivation Hall at IPK Gartersleben, the Controlled Environment Plant Phenotyping Working Group (CePPG) is hosting a workshop including international speakers, on-site & online.

More details on this new phenosphere will be presented in the upcoming IPPN-CEPPG Workshop on Environment Simulation and Plant Phenotyping on May 24th-25th in IPK Gatersleben including guided tours through IPK phenotyping facilities.

UPDATE: Link to registration now available!

The CAPTE Workshop is an event dedicated to bridging the gap between science and industry by presenting the research work achieved in the past decade and by introducing the latest advancements in plant phenotyping tools and methods for an efficient use of remote sensing in agriculture.

With the CfP, we are seeking qualified presenters that engage the scientific audience on the topic of “Digital Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production”. Presentations by industry experts are also highly welcome.

DIGICROP 2022 is a scientific event addressing an international and interdisciplinary audience working at the intersection of engineering, robotics, computer science, crop sciences, agricultural sciences, phenotyping, and economics.

Following the great success of the November 2021 workshop, the Forest Phenotyping Working Group has the pleasure to invite you to the first workshop of 2022. 

NordPlant will arrange a virtual tour of the Finnish National Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure (NaPPI) facility in Helsinki.

NordCrop funded by Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research (NKJ) holds a meeting in Alnarp 10 March, tentatively as a hybrid meeting.

There will be a focus on abiotic stress in crops in Nordic conditions and also a focus on young researchers. 

This workshop is organized by the IPPN Working Group on Forest Phenotyping.

The programme includes special tracks on "Photogrammetry and remote sensing" and "Robot Vision".

Seed meets Technology is an event where the focus is on innovative seed technology, variety assortment and adding value to horticultural seed. The initiators, together with other companies associated with the seed industry, want to strengthen the program of open days in week 39 with themes such as seed treatment, phenotyping, seed processing equipment, breeding support, sustainable crop protection and cultivation systems.

The five UKRI funded TTL networks – 3DBioNet, Imaging BioPro, Integrated Biological Imaging, Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies & PhenomUK - are jointly organising this two day event to show achievements made over the past three years and discuss future directions for the networks.

(POSTPONE) – NEW DATE IS: 4-9 September, 2022

This is the PhenomicsWebinars' live session recording connected to Taras Pasternak's pre-recorded talk on "Plant phenotyping: From whole plant to sub-cellular resolution".

NEW DATE: 20-23 June, 2022

On behalf of the Executive Committee of the EU project EPPN²⁰²⁰, we are pleased to invite you to the next knowledge exchange event between the European phenomic community and industry, at a joint event between EPPN2020 & Phenome taking place remotely (videoconference) on 19 March 2021. This will be the occasion to present the future European infrastructure for Phenomics, EMPHASIS.

EPSO launches on 18 March a new European-wide seminar series on a hot and/or emerging topic in plant science aimed at the Plant Science community and its stakeholders.

The 1st NAPPN Annual Conference will be held virtually, and highlight the most recent advances in the rapidly developing field of Plant Phenomics.

Perspectives to improve photosynthetic efficiency in a climate change scenario

Due to the global COVID-19 outbreak, this event is postponed to 2021.

Due to Covid-19 ECCV and its workshops will be held online.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this event is postponed to June 2021 in Antwerp, Belgium.

Due to the global COVID-19 outbreak, this event is postponed to postponed to July 2021, Anger, France

Due to the global COVID-19 outbreak, this event is postponed to February 2021.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this event is postponed to June 2021.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this event is postponed to a later date yet to be decided.

A novel genome marker platform called rhAmpSeq delivers 2000 markers from 22,000 individuals covering 97% of the core grape genome. It increased transferability of DNA markers across the Vitis genus from previous SNP-based platforms from 2% to 91%. In this webinar, we will present some challenges with previous marker platforms, our approach to marker design, some exciting results, and our strategy to make this marker platform openly accessible and useful for the grape community. This platform should be of broad interest to biologists and plant breeders.

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this event is postponed to 11-13 November 2020.

IDVI

The Sixth International Conference focussed on plant production in water-limited environments InterDrought VI - 2020 (IDVI), will be held March 9-13, 2020 in Mexico City.

By combining world class analytics and easy to use drone technology you can scale up your seed and agronomy expertise. 

Thiago Santos from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa, will present a webinar, "Deep Learning and SfM: a promising framework for agricultural automation – an example with grapes (and some apples)," on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 3:00pm/15:00h BRT (UTC -3:00) as part of the IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Agricultural Robotics and Automation's (AgRA) webinar series.

INVITE H2020 project

This workshop will focus on low-cost sensor and vector technologies for variety testing. Registration is free but mandatory before 14th June!

 

Summer School in Plant Phenotyping

EPPN2020

Environmental characterization, from senor to information system

EPPN2020 Training

This course will discuss criteria for choosing a suitable experimental design for phenotyping experiments. Subsequently we will show options for analysing features extracted from phenotyping platforms.

NordPlant

Only a few places left for researchers outside of the five Nordic NordPlant universities!

GRC2019

Registration closed.

Registration deadline: 7 September 2018

Abstract submission deadline: 06 July 2018

Registration deadline: 11 June 2018

The statistical analysis techniques will be presented in lectures by experts from Wageningen University & Research and University of Queensland. The lectures will be complemented by hands-on computer training using R.

Registration deadline: 6 April 2018

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The workshop is powered by PHENOSPEX and will take place October 12th & 13th 2017 at the Vienna Biocenter. Registration DEADLINE for scanning your samples: 1st Sept 2017.

Current and future applications of phenotyping for plant breeding

Plants develop by a complex interaction of genotypes with the environments which determines their structure and function and thus essential performance parameters such as yield, productivity or efficient use of resources. To understand these fundamental processes we need to quantitatively assess the phenotype and generate a link to the genotype in order to understand the genetic basis.

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The Summer School in Gatersleben September 25-27 is organized in collaboration with the German Crop BioGreenformatics Network of the German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (GCBN/de.NBI). The course provides hands-on introduction to useful bioinformatics tools for biologists with little or no previous knowledge. The training will enable biologists to process their own small and large datasets using R and Linux based methods and is entirely computer-based with interspersed lectures.

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The Botanikertagung is an International Conference on Plant Sciences that will next be held in Kiel, Germany, 2017 from September 17 to 21. The conference comprises four days of exciting presentations, including keynote lectures, poster sessions and workshops. An evening lecture open to the public will address the suitability of our crop plants for feeding the increasing world population.

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