National Communities
EMPHASIS has supported the financing of plant phenotyping infrastructures through national/regional funding mechanisms, applications for inclusion in the national infrastructure roadmap, several initiatives that have been formed to establish plant phenotyping at national level.
Austria
The Austrian Plant Phenotyping Network (APPN), established in 2017, is an Austrian network of biologists, breeders, technology developers, imaging experts, statisticians and bioinformaticians working in the field of plant phenotyping. The APPN aims to…
Belgium
Addressing global challenges such as climate change and population growth requires continuous improvements in crop performance. To achieve this, innovative approaches are essential to identify superior crop varieties and unravel the genetics behind key…
France
Phenome-EMPHASIS offers a versatile, high-throughput infrastructure and a suite of methods for characterising hundreds of genotypes of different species under environmental scenarios of climate changes (e.g. drought, high CO2, high temperatures). The…
Ireland
Agriculture, including the production of food, fodder, and timber, is a cornerstone of the Irish economy. Research efforts focus on enhancing yields for grass, fodder, forest, cereal, and horticultural crops, which are vital to the dairy, meat, timber,…
Israel
More information coming soon.
Italy
The Joint Research Unit (JRU) denominated Italian Plant Phenotyping Network (PHEN-ITALY) was established in 2016. The JRU is coordinated by CNR (the National Research Council of Italy). Eleven universities and research organizations are members of the…
Netherlands
Plants are absolutely essential to our future, where almost all our food, feed and materials will be derived from plants. Our aim is to enable the development of novel adaptive crops and cropping systems required for future food production and food…
Portugal
Portugal has been active in EMPHASIS since 2016, starting with strong participation in the COST Action “The Quest for Tolerant Varieties – Phenotyping at Plant and Cellular Level.” That involvement helped lay the foundation for national coordination and…
Switzerland
More information coming soon
United Kingdom
Plant phenotyping in the UK spans from root to shoot and from lab-controlled environments to expansive field systems. Infrastructure ranges from the high-throughput, automated glasshouses and drone-enabled phenotyping at the National Plant Phenomics…
Better crops for a sustainable future
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