WP4

Coordinator: Claudio Moser

Staff involved: Claudio Varotto, Damiano Gianelle

This part of the RI project aims to create a phenotyping platform for the quantitative and semi-automatic acquisition of morphological and functional data of apple, grape and soft fruits. 
The collected phenotypic data relate to the physiological, phytopathological, production and qualitative parameters of the crops and are of interest both for the characterization of the new genotypes obtained in the breeding activity and for functional genomic studies. Non-invasive measures will be conducted with optical sensors operating in the visible, infrared and near infrared range, as well as in the hyperspectral region and through fluorescence measurements.

The project aims to realize both field and laboratory systems (different scales). In the first case, remote sensing of the characteristics of a large number of plants will be carried out at the production site under non-controlled conditions using transportable passive sensors (eg. Drone) for acquisition of fluorescence and hyperspectral readings. 
The laboratory system will measure precisely and under controlled conditions (light, T, humidity) the differences between genotypes or plants treated by the 3D reconstruction of the foliage and the mapping of active fluorescence readings, infrared and the rest of the non-visible spectrum.