PAMPA : Plant anatomical phenotyping
This training module allows students to get better awareness of the importance of anatomical traits for plant improvement and acquire new methodological skills They discover and implement the method developped by the researchers of AGAP unit for high-speed anatomical phenotyping of a plant of agronomic interest.
Objectives of the module
During this module (20 hours), and its implementation in 2018-2019, the students (Master 1 level) work on sorghum plants (internodes), targetting physical and biochemical traits under combined controls of genotype, maturity and cultural conditions.
- They produce images allowing quantification of anatomical traits, using cutting edge tools of the PHIV platform (vibratome, microscope...) and macrocommands of Image J software.
- They analyse images using R software to reveal correlations between anatomical traits of the plant and parameters related to biomass, yield or resistance to stresses.
Next sessions : December 2019 for Montpellier SupAgro and beginning of 2020 for Montpellier University.
