Automated phenotyping technologies are capable of providing continuous and precise
measurements of traits that are key to today's crop research, breeding and agronomic …

Highlights•Affordable approaches are available for all aspects of the phenotyping
pipeline.•Affordable and precise high-throughput phenotyping is not incompatible.•RGB …

Constraints in field phenotyping capability limit our ability to dissect the genetics of
quantitative traits, particularly those related to yield and stress tolerance (eg, yield potential …

54The increase in population is leading to an unprecedented demand on agriculture and
natural resources. To meet human and nature needs, food production must drastically …

Unsustainable agronomic practices and environmental change necessitate a revolution in
agricultural production to ensure food security. A new generation of crops that yield more …

Improvements in agronomical practices and crop breeding are paramount responses to the
present and future challenges imposed by water stress and heat (Lobell et al. 2011a, b; …

Crop yield must urgently be sustainably increased to accommodate a rising global
population and anticipated climate change in the coming decades, in the face of plant …

Highlights•Phenotyping technology can increase the throughput of plant screening in the
field.•Early season detection of plant diseases is key to reducing crop yield losses.•Disease …

Based on a long tradition of manual selection in plant breeding, phenotyping has become a
rapidly evolving focus area in agricultural research, which now also includes the …

High‐throughput crop phenotyping, particularly under field conditions, is nowadays
perceived as a key factor limiting crop genetic advance. Phenotyping not only facilitates …