PhenBiotech

Hosted by Università degli Studi di Verona

Where we are

Automated Phenospex phenotyping platform, installed in a climate‑controlled greenhouse equipped with a lighting system for photoperiod regulation. The facility includes four benches, providing a total of eight scanning blocks.

Morphological and multispectral phenotyping analyses on potted plants grown in a semi‑controlled environment (greenhouse). Most commonly used species: tomato, cucumber, grapevine.

A PSI PlantScreen SC phenotyping cabinet equipped with a fluorescence imaging system (High‑Sensitivity Kinetic Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging unit) and an RGB morphometric imaging module. The system can accommodate plants up to 1.50 m in height, with a scanning area of 35 × 35 cm.

Elisa FASANI

Elisa FASANI

Person in charge

Anita ZAMBONI

Anita ZAMBONI

Person in charge

Our Equipment

  • Piattaforma Phenospex con due Plant Eyes

  • PhotoSynQ

  • Porometro/Fluorometro LI-COR LI-600

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All Infrastructures

PhenoPlant

PhenoPlant is an automated phenotyping platform with 216 potted stations that continuously measures plant weight, controls irrigation, and regulates environmental conditions. Using multispectral imaging from a gantry system, it extracts structural and functional traits to study growth, stress responses, genotype performance, and plant adaptation.

PHENORAMA

PHENORAMA is an image-based plant phenotyping infrastructure integrating 2D/3D imaging, automated analysis, and advanced crop models such as Olive Model, UNIFI.GrapeM, and GrassVistock. With greenhouse rail platforms and field rovers, it delivers high-resolution trait extraction to support stress studies, varietal selection, and precision agriculture.

ROOT DISTAL

The Root Phenotyping Platform at DISTAL UNIBO features 100 rhizotrons and A3 scanners for non-destructive root analysis. Plants grow in angled acrylic chambers to enhance root visibility, allowing digital imaging and software-based extraction of architectural root traits for research and breeding applications.

FIELDPHEN

FieldPhen at CREA-CI Foggia is a high-throughput field phenotyping platform for cereals. Using multispectral, hyperspectral, RGB, and thermal drones, it supports breeding and genotype selection for yield, stress tolerance, and resistance, and conducts field trials to test agrochemical and biological products.

DEMETRIS HUB

DEMETRIS HUB offers advanced digital agriculture and high-throughput phenotyping platforms in Metaponto and Sesto Fiorentino. Equipped with rovers, gantry systems, growth chambers, and drones with RGB, thermal, multispectral, hyperspectral, fluorescence sensors, and LiDAR, they enable automated plant analysis in field and controlled conditions.

INFRA-VOL

INFRA VOL is a unique Italian plant phenotyping infrastructure specialized in volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Equipped with advanced growth chambers, PTR-TOF-MS, VOCUS-GC-MS, and GC-MS systems, it delivers high-throughput volatilome analysis, experimental design, data processing, and reporting services for sustainable agriculture research.

PHENOLAB 4.0

PHENOLAB integrates greenhouse and open-field phenotyping platforms, including Scanalyzer 3D, PlantEye gantry systems, and field lysimeters. It provides automated imaging, evapotranspiration monitoring, and stress analysis services for genotype comparison and biostimulant testing, delivering full experimental design, management, and reporting support.

AGRIPHEN

AGRIPHEN is an advanced plant phenotyping platform by Agrigeos that delivers high-precision crop analysis services. It measures growth, water use, stress responses, roots, and canopy traits using sensors, imaging, and modeling, supporting research, product testing, and agricultural innovation today.