Phenotyping Using Image Processing and Pattern Recognition Technology

Abstract

Recently, genomic information has been used for plant breeding. Thanks to DNA sequencers, genomic sequencing became easier, but it is not revealed that which genes are related to which traits. In order to use genomic information to plant breeding, we need to search the correspondence between genes and traits. In the situation, phenotyping, which grows various plants and measures traits exhaustively, becomes popular. Image processing and pattern recognition are commonly used for phenotyping because they realize mondestructive measurements and can acquire both 3D structure and color information. In this article, I will introduce the problems of plant measurements using images, and trait measurement methods using image processing and pattern recognition.