PhenoPlant

Hosted by Università di Torino

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The PhenoPlant platform, consisting of 216 stations for potted plants, continuously measures plant weight and manages irrigation according to deficit/recovery protocols, while also controlling lighting, temperature, and ambient humidity. Its instrumentation enables the automated detection of morphological, structural, and functional plant traits through multispectral image analysis, captured from plant‑emitted signals and scanned continuously by an overhead gantry‑based mobile system.
PhenoPlant addresses the need to measure simultaneously and with high precision a wide range of structural and functional traits across a large number of plant species (plant phenotyping), in order to investigate correlations between phenotypic expression, growth performance, induced experimental treatments, environmental parameters, and plant genetic background. Understanding the processes that regulate plant adaptation strategies to environmental conditions and cultivation techniques is essential for advancing basic science and for numerous agronomic and technological applications.

The platform enables the calculation of the following plant parameters and vegetation indices:
• Mean and maximum plant height
• Leaf area
• Digital biomass
• Leaf inclination angle
• Light penetration depth within the canopy
• Total volume
• Canopy circumference and area
• Canopy cover, maximum width, and dimensional ratio
• Leaf colour hue, brightness, and saturation
• NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)
• NPCI (Normalized Pigment Chlorophyll Ratio Index)
• PSRI (Plant Senescence Reflectance Index)
• GLI (Green Leaf Index)
• Weight and irrigation kinetics of the pots

    Claudio LOVISOLO

    Claudio LOVISOLO

    Person in charge

    Our Equipment

    • PlantEye Fieldscales di Phenospex,
    • Piattaforma di plant phenotyping composta da due laser scanner 3D multispettrali PlantEye F500 DualScan e 216 bilance DroughtSpotter per la rilevazione simultanea e automatizzata di caratteri morfologici e di indici di crescita di 216 piante in vaso.
    • Microscan Phenospex
    • LI600 pormeter flurometer
    • Fluorimetro PAM-2500
    • Walz

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    All Infrastructures

    PhenBiotech

    PhenBiotech is an automated Phenospex phenotyping platform installed in a climate-controlled greenhouse with regulated photoperiod lighting. The facility includes four benches and eight scanning blocks, enabling high-precision, automated plant phenotyping under controlled environmental conditions.

    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.