Phenome-Emphasis

This RI provides the scientific community with a high-throughput plant phenotyping infrastructure and a series of methods to characterise panels of genotypes from various species (major agricultural species) based on various environmental scenarios associated with global change, with sufficient capacities for genetic analysis.

It has 11 facilities on nine different sites across France and two national methodological programmes:

• 4 platforms in controlled conditions for detailed analysis of root or leaf systems in a range of climate scenarios with contrasting biotic pressures, with a capacity of up to 2400 plants per experiment;
• 2 highly-equipped platforms in the field with rain shelters and a CO2 enrichment system, with a capacity of around 800 microparcels;
• 3 fields equipped for high-throughput genetic analysis in natural conditions, with a capacity of thousands of microparcels;
• 2 omics platforms that can perform metabolite and structural analyses with a capacity that is compatible with the other platforms.

The national methodological programmes are working to develop 3D and functional imaging tools for plants in controlled and covered field conditions (robots in greenhouses, phenomobiles and drones). An information system shared by the entire infrastructure was developed and deployed across the various sites. Image analysis and modelling tools as well as statistical applications are interfaced with the information system.

The RI develops projects in conjunction with private seed companies in France to develop methods and techniques associated with the infrastructure. The Phenome-Emphasis RI has received financing as part of the Investments for the Future programme until 2024.

Phenome will provide the French and international phenotyping communities with paying access to 9 highly instrumented platforms of the network. You can apply for access on-line via this website, only.

Before submitting any access application, a preliminary study is required. You are invited to contact the platform leader concerned in order to check:

• Your project feasibility
• Its eligibility (platform availability at wished periods) and
• If needed, proceed to an adjustment of the experimental protocols

The access pricing will be defined at the PHENOME infrastructure level, and will be progressively fine-tuned according to the services progress.

We recommend to contact your facility leader prior the application submission to discuss the feasibility of your experiment

More informaiton here & contact : https://www.phenome-emphasis.fr/internet6_national_phenome-eng/access