A high-throughput phenotyping tool enables the study of rice traits during the growth period and after harvest. Yang et al. combined imaging techniques with a yield traits scorer to automatically screen for 15 agronomic traits, including two newly defined traits — plant compactness and grain-projected area — that cannot be identified by manual measurement. Together with genome-wide association studies, this tool has the potential to dissect the genetic architecture of complex traits, thus providing insights into crop breeding.
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Yang, W. et al. Combining high-throughput phenotyping and genome-wide association studies to reveal natural genetic variation in rice. Nature Commun. 5, 5087 (2014)
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Lau, E. High-throughput phenotyping of rice growth traits. Nat Rev Genet 15, 778 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3857
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg3857