Investment
Investment
GRDC Code: PHE2210-001RTX
Novel HTP phenomics tech to assess yield components in canola: Feasibility study
Yield potential in water-limited environments is a function of crop transpiration, transpiration efficiency, and harvest index. Harvest index, the ratio of biomass to harvested grain, is low in canola compared to cereal crops, a gap which widens in water-limited environments. There has been limited opportunity to improve yield components in canola because of the challenges of selecting promising genetic material for this multi-genic trait using standard measurement techniques. Next generation phenomics technologies could overcome the bottleneck in this area through the development of high-throughput, breeding program-friendly, methods to allow selection of traits that would optimise harvest index and yield in canola. This investment will involve field work measuring harvest index in a canola field trial using x-ray-based technologies and a range of optical sensors (LIDAR, RGB, hyperspectral). Based on this work, a report will be delivered including the data and analysis and recommendations as to what approach, if any, would be feasible as the basis for developing a high-throughput harvest index phenotyping method.
- Project start date:
- 01/05/2023
- Project end date:
- 31/12/2024
- Crop type:
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- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Organisation
- PhenoKey
- Region:
- North, South, West
- Project status
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