1McGill University, Montreal, Canada
ORCiD: 0000-0003-1080-9148
Keywords: plant breeding, genetic gain, phenotypic plasticity,
phenes, pulses.
BodyText: Despite progress in multiple areas, measuring
phenotypes in plant breeding remains a bottleneck in the plant breeding
and improvement cycle. This becomes particularly true when dealing with
complex trait dissection. In the coming years, a revolution in plant
breeding will be realized thanks to advanced in photo optic, ultrasonic,
capacitive sensors, etc. This seminar reviews topics and discusses the current avenues that need to merge to alleviate
phenotyping bottlenecks for plant breeding programs and improve true
genetic gain. As case studies, it reports the research that the Pulse
Breeding and Genetics laboratory at McGill University carries out for the
development of pulse crop varieties. This is part of the efforts to build phenomics capacity in eastern Canada as part of the ECP3 initiative.