{"id":3865,"date":"2014-12-22T16:22:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T22:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/?page_id=3865"},"modified":"2014-12-22T16:22:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T22:22:15","slug":"phenotyping","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/phenotyping\/","title":{"rendered":"Phenotyping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Phenotyping: Managing a subjective process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most important processes in plant breeding is phenotyping \u2013 identifying observable characteristics of the plant such as susceptibility to pests and diseases, or a plant\u2019s capacity to deal with drought. Unfortunately, important thought it is, phenotyping is also plagued with problems: \u00a0one person\u2019s observations about a plant\u2019s phenotype or characteristics may not be the same as another\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is always a challenge for any collaborative plant breeding project,\u201d says Vinod Prabhu, Principal Investigator for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/generationcp.org\/wheat-dt-wheat-india\" target=\"_blank\">Indian component<\/a> of\u00a0GCP\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/generationcp.org\/research\/research-initiatives\/wheat\" target=\"_blank\">Wheat Research Initiative<\/a>. \u201cUnless all trials are inspected by one person there will always be a risk of inconsistent observations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To help overcome this inconsistency, one solution is to develop phenotyping protocols to allow for researchers in different research institutes and countries to collect comparable data. \u201cEach breeder has their own ways to do things, so it\u2019s important to develop standardised protocols,\u201d explains Matthew Reynolds, a wheat phenotyper at CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center).<\/p>\n<p>GCP contributed to this standardisation by publishing the volume below on drought phenotyping covering 14 crops.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/generationcp.org\/communications\/research-publications\/phenotyping-book-methods-applications\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3867\" src=\"http:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Drought_phenotyping_small.jpg\" alt=\"Drought_phenotyping_small\" width=\"480\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Drought_phenotyping_small.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Drought_phenotyping_small-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phenotyping: Managing a subjective process One of the most important processes in plant breeding is phenotyping \u2013 identifying observable characteristics of the plant such as susceptibility to pests and diseases, or a plant\u2019s capacity to deal with drought. Unfortunately, important thought it is, phenotyping is also plagued with problems: \u00a0one person\u2019s observations about a plant\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3865","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3869,"href":"https:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3865\/revisions\/3869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.generationcp.org\/sunsetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}