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For 40 years, ARVALIS Institut du végétal has gained specific competences in phenotyping wheat and maize in the field: First, by setting up protocols allowing a suitable and reproducible accuracy of phenotyping by sound competences in biometrics and experimental designs. Second by the identification of environmental or plant characteristics allowing us to explain specific cultivars reaction to environmental constraints. This expertise was gained through the development of functional and operational competences in ecophysiology and agronomy. Every year more than 2000 experimental trials are set up in more than 50 locations representative of French soil and climate diversity. ARVALIS Institut du végétal has developed know-how in characterising plant growing conditions through analytical methods and the use of non-destructive sensors.

Contribution to the project

• Develop a high throughput phenotyping platform enabling to quantify in agronomic conditions the impact of different constraints
• Set-up methodologies to understand interactions between biotic and abiotic constraints (in particular drought) on agronomic traits