Translating high throughput phenotyping into genetic gain

Abstract

Inability to efficiently implement high-throughput field phenotyping is increas-ingly perceived as a key component that limits genetic gain in breeding pro-grams. Field phenotyping must be integrated into a wider context than justchoosing the correct selection traits, deployment tools, evaluation platforms, orbasic data-management methods. Phenotyping means more than conductingsuch activities in a resource-efficient manner; it also requires appropriate trialmanagement and spatial variability handling, definition of key constrainingconditions prevalent in the target population of environments, and the devel-opment of more comprehensive data management, including crop modeling.This review will provide a wide perspective on how field phenotyping is bestimplemented. It will also outline how to bridge the gap between breeders and'phenotypers' in an effective manner.