2D, 3D and 4D Imaging for Plant Phenotyping

Dear Colleagues,

Population increases, degradation and loss of arable land, and the increasing appearance of new pests and diseases all threaten the world's food supply. Understanding how plants respond to environmental and genetic perturbations is essential to accelerating the improvement of crops and agriculture. That understanding would link plant genotypes and the molecular and eco-physiological responses with the expression of specific phenotypes in response to the growing conditions. High-throughput phenotyping provides an unprecedented opportunity to study the physiological, developmental, and molecular mechanisms that govern the dynamic behavior of plants. Therefore, current and future systems must provide highly automated collection of basic phenotypic data that will allow scientists to examine and characterize thousands of plants under biotic and abiotic stress conditions.

In this Special Issue, we will focus on 3D imaging system for high-throughput phenotyping. The following is a non-exhaustive list of the main topics covered by this Special Issue: 3D image processing and analysis of plant (shoot and root) phenotypes, linear, surface and volumetric estimations (e.g., leaf angle, leaf area, canopy height and volume, biomass, etc.), 3D leaf segmentation, texture and visualisation; 4D imaging for growth analysis; multimodal imaging; imaging systems and devices; etc.

Dr. Gui DeSouza
Dr. Chris Topp
Guest Editors

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