Joint PRO-GRACE/EMPHASIS Workshop on Plant Genetic Resources and Phenotyping
Workshop on Plant Genetic Resources and Phenotyping
28 June 2024, Brussels
The European project PRO-GRACE, in collaboration with the EMPHASIS European Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure, held a workshop on the challenges and opportunities for the harmonization of plant phenotyping in Europe.
This plant phenotyping workshop aimed to provide an inventory of the different initiatives for phenotyping plant genetic resources and to discuss how plant phenotyping can support the management and utilization of plant genetic resources. More specifically was discussed how this huge amount of data could become more available for scientific and breeding activities and how to ensure it could be interoperable with different information systems.
We began the workshop with a presentation on an inventory of the different initiatives for phenotyping and an introduction to EMPHASIS to set the scene and identify potential synergies between the plant genetic resources and plant phenotyping community. Therefore, relevant EU-funded projects were presented to learn more about the genebank’s perspective on the importance and potential of phenotyping. Subsequently, three thematic sessions took place on the topic of (1) seed phenotyping, (2) cost-effective phenotyping and (3) data management.
Presentations
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Recording
Opening session
Chair: Véronique Lefebvre
- 00:00 Setting the scene and formulation of expected outcomes of the joint workshop, Véronique Lefebvre, INRAE, France and Ignazio Verde, CREA, Italy
- 17:45 Introduction to EMPHASIS: the European plant phenotyping research infrastructure, Roland Pieruschka, EMPHASIS and Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
- 33:50 How to make genebank materials attractive for users? Genebank perspective, Jaime Prohens, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
- 56:38 European projects contributing to improved genebank inventories, AGENT and EVA examples, Sandra Goritschnig, ECPGR, Italy
- 01:21:07 Phenotyping by citizen scientists in INCREASE, Roberto Papa, UNIVPM, Italy
First thematic session: Seed phenotyping
Chair: Carla Pinheiro
Seeds are the main heritable unit stored by genebanks and are at the heart of plant breeding and production. Phenotyping of seed traits that affect plant development or product quality provide a basis for predicting plant growth and development.
- 00:00 Using phenomics to predict quality traits in maize, Stéphane Nicolas, INRAE, France
- 14:15 Automated calculation of seed descriptor values and characterization of seeds, Karsten Hartelius, Videometer A/S, Denmark
- 27:19 PhenoSeeder: automated phenotyping and sowing of individual seeds of different sizes, Viktor Sydoruk, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
- 36:34 Volatilome profiling as a new tool for seed phenotyping, Michelina Ruocco, CNR, Italy
- 46:00 Q&A
Second thematic session: Cost-effective phenotyping
Chair: Ignazio Verde
Collecting high-quality phenotyping data is the basis for accurate analyses. The development of low-cost methods and applications for measuring of increasing number of traits can contribute to high-quality comparable trait assessments conducted in multiple locations and environments.
- 00:00 Breeder’s perspective on ensuring the sustainable use of plant genetic resources, Nick Vangheluwe, Euroseeds, Belgium
- 11:19 How and why collect phenotyping data on farm, Riccardo Bocci, Rete Semi Rurali, Italy
- 20:49 Most cost-effective experiments are those in databases: Using and reusing indoor and multisite field experiments for assessing the genetic variability of plant responses to environment, François Tardieu, INRAE, France
- 32:07 Cost-effective plant phenotyping tools: combining emerging technologies and open-source solutions, Jose Jimenez-Berni, CSIC, Spain
- 43:43 Q&A
Third thematic session: Data management
Chair: Roland Pieruschka
Phenotypic data sets are growing exponentially. Standardized protocols, data validations, common descriptors etc. are essential to increase the predictive power of these data.
- 00:00 Rethinking plant genetic resources documentation in the age of data-driven science, Catherine Aguilar, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany
- 13:06 Tools to manage trial, phenotyping and marker datasets: FAIRness in the Legume Generation consortium, James Brett, Earlham Institute, UK
- 23:13 Data management tools for phenomics: from acquisition to validation, integration and sharing, Cyril Pommier, INRAE, France
- 38:14 Bandwagon status for metabolomics in plant phenotyping, Yves Gibon, INRAE/University of Bordeaux, France
- 49:48 Q&A
- 57:21 Wrap-up and conclusions
Click below for the recordings and presentations of the Joint PRO-GRACE/EMPHASIS Symposium on Plant Genetic Resources, held on 27 June 2024 in Brussels
