Technology Fact Sheets

Learn more and have a handy summary of the diverse plant phenotyping technologies currently available through APPN Nodes - including specific capabilities and applications. 

Climate-controlled growth chambers

Last updated: November 29, 2024

Shipping container based high precision chambers with independent control of temperature, relative humidity, multispectral LED light and CO2.

Drought & Heat Phenotyping Platform

Last updated: December 3, 2024

Twin fully automated, controlled environment rooms enabling parallel experiments with diverse watering protocols and drought + heat scenarios.

High-throughput Smarthouses

Last updated: December 3, 2024

Fully automated, high-throughput watering and phenotyping of up to 2,400 plants per day with RGB, fluorescence and hyperspectral imaging

Hyperspectral imaging and analysis

Last updated: November 26, 2024

Hand-held to field-scale hyperspectral platforms for early detection of biotic and abiotic plant stresses in agriculture, horticulture and viticulture.

UAV Fact Sheet 2024

Last updated: December 16, 2024

APPN’s UAVs are capable of carrying a range of sensor packages for rapid phenotyping of crop performance.

X-Ray CT Scanner

Last updated: December 3, 2024

The new X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) scanner provides advanced phenotyping technology to look inside the plant, head (spike) and seed.