To exploit the wealth of gene sequence information provided by the 'genomics revolution,
and mine agricultural germplasm for genetic diversity, high resolution, high throughput …

Global agriculture is facing major challenges to ensure global food security, such as the
need to breed high-yielding crops adapted to future climates and the identification of …

Humankind is facing an unprecedented challenge to produce enough food for the coming
decades because of population growth and increase in the average demand per capita …

Plants are affected by complex genome× environment× management interactions which
determine phenotypic plasticity as a result of the variability of genetic components. Whereas …

Plant phenomics is a high-throughput path-breaking area that meets all the requirements for
the collection of accurate, rapid and multi-faceted phenotypic data. Plant phenomics is an …

Major improvements in crop yield are needed to keep pace with population growth and
climate change. While plant breeding efforts have greatly benefited from advances in …

It has been estimated that agricultural production must be doubled by 2050 in order to meet
the predicted demand of growing world population. Achieving this goal poses a serious …

Phenomics is a relatively new discipline of biology that has been widely applied in several
fields, mainly in crop sciences. We reviewed the concepts used in this discipline (particularly …

Comparative methods have long been the cornerstone of studies that draw inferences about
function and evolution at various levels of biological organization. The availability of whole …

Plant physiologists have traditionally studied the relationship between crop performance
(the phenotype) and the environment. Global change processes present multiple challenges …