High Density Phenotyping Towards Integrated Modelling and Breeding Platforms.

Automated data collection and new sensing technologies are accelerating the knowledge around crop physiology. As with any large data stream, these technologies require organisation and new means of analysis to determine how to use these data for understanding. Computation of relevant phenotypes for selection and/or evaluation of stress responses can also be assisted by simulation modelling tools. Some of the issues raised will be illustrated via a high-density dataset collected continuously every few minutes over several months for canopy temperatures of > 40 wheat genotypes.