Closing the gap between phenotyping and genotyping: review of advanced, image-based phenotyping technologies in forestry

Phenotyping and genotyping neuropathic pain.

Despite ongoing efforts, neither effective treatments nor mechanistic understanding of the pathogenesis of human neuropathic pain exists. Genetic association studies may point to the novel molecules that mediate neuropathic pain, facilitating its understanding and management. Several studies used a candidate gene approach to elucidate genetic contribution to neuropathic pain phenotypes; however...

Invited Comment Precision in Phenotyping and Genotyping

The report by Moncla et al. [this issue] describing a patient with an occult 4;18 translocation brings up several interesting points which warrant additional discussion. First, these authors point out the clinical similarity of their patient to those of the multigenerational family reported by Rasmussen et al. [1979] and the individual reported by Julia et al. [2002]. The patient of Julia et al...

Image-based phenotyping of plant disease symptoms

Plant diseases cause significant reductions in agricultural productivity worldwide. Disease symptoms have deleterious effects on the growth and development of crop plants, limiting yields and making agricultural products unfit for consumption. For many plant-pathogen systems, we lack knowledge of the physiological mechanisms that link pathogen infection and the production of disease symptoms in...

Image-based Plant Disease Phenotyping 2

Phenomics--technologies to relieve the phenotyping bottleneck.

Global agriculture is facing major challenges to ensure global food security, such as the need to breed high-yielding crops adapted to future climates and the identification of dedicated feedstock crops for biofuel production (biofuel feedstocks). Plant phenomics offers a suite of new technologies to accelerate progress in understanding gene function and environmental responses. This will enabl...