Pieruschka Roland, Poorter Hendrik
IBG-2 Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425, Germany.
Funct Plant Biol. 2012 Nov;39(11):813-820. doi: 10.1071/FPv39n11_IN.
No matter how fascinating the discoveries in the field of molecular biology are, in the end it is the phenotype that matters. In this paper we pay attention to various aspects of plant phenotyping. The challenges to unravel the relationship between genotype and phenotype are discussed, as well as the case where 'plants do not have a phenotype'. More emphasis has to be placed on automation to match the increased output in the molecular sciences with analysis of relevant traits under laboratory, greenhouse and field conditions. Currently, non-destructive measurements with cameras are becoming widely used to assess plant structural properties, but a wider range of non-invasive approaches and evaluation tools has to be developed to combine physiologically meaningful data with structural information of plants. Another field requiring major progress is the handling and processing of data. A better e-infrastructure will enable easier establishment of links between phenotypic traits and genetic data. In the final part of this paper we briefly introduce the range of contributions that form the core of a special issue of this journal on plant phenotyping.
无论分子生物学领域的发现多么引人入胜，最终起关键作用的是表型。在本文中，我们关注植物表型分析的各个方面。讨论了揭示基因型与表型之间关系所面临的挑战，以及“植物没有表型”的情况。必须更加注重自动化，以便在实验室、温室和田间条件下，将分子科学领域不断增加的产出与相关性状的分析相匹配。目前，利用相机进行的无损测量正被广泛用于评估植物的结构特性，但必须开发更广泛的非侵入性方法和评估工具，以便将具有生理意义的数据与植物的结构信息相结合。另一个需要取得重大进展的领域是数据的处理。更好的电子基础设施将使表型性状与遗传数据之间更容易建立联系。在本文的最后部分，我们简要介绍了一系列论文，这些论文构成了本期刊关于植物表型分析特刊的核心内容。
