The University of Sydney

Name: Australian Plant Phenomics Network
Price range: $

APPN at the University of Sydney operates from their expansive research station in Narrabri and offers a range of field phenotyping and remote sensing capabilities

Established in 1961, the University of Sydney Narrabri includes over 40,000 irrigable field trial plots and more than 2,000 hectares of prime cropping land for broadacre agricultural research. Located in in northwest NSW, it is a renowned regional hub for agricultural industry and research.

The extensive field facilities and mobile phenomics infrastructure enable plant scientists and researchers to assess novel plant traits at unprecedented scales, using non-destructive digital technologies.

Available field phenotyping platforms include novel drone and ground-based systems with robust, reproducible data collection protocols. These platforms can support a broad variety of sensors and scanners, including LiDAR, RGB or hyperspectral systems, for the accurate pursuit of key research questions in field trials.

The facilities also include broad-scale plant physiological and environmental monitoring instrumentation, to help contextualise phenotypic results.

The APPN Node at the University of Sydney is aligned with the Sydney Informatics Hub, a data science core research facility at the University of Sydney and can support research projects from inception through to data analysis. All data is managed using FAIR data principles for full transparency and confidence.