Abstract
Quinoa is a crop originating in the Andes but grown more widely and with the genetic potential for significant further expansion. Due to the phenotypic plasticity of quinoa, varieties need to be assessed across years and multiple locations. To improve comparability among field trials across the globe and to facilitate collaborations, components of the trials need to be kept consistent, including the type and methods of data collected. Here, an internationally open-access framework for phenotyping a wide range of quinoa features is proposed to facilitate the systematic agronomic, physiological and genetic characterization of quinoa for crop adaptation and improvement. Mature plant phenotyping is a central aspect of this paper, including detailed descriptions and the provision of phenotyping cards to facilitate consistency in data collection. High-throughput methods for multi-temporal phenotyping based on remote sensing technologies are described. Tools for higher-throughput post-harvest phenotyping of seeds are presented. A guideline for approaching quinoa field trials including the collection of environmental data and designing layouts with statistical robustness is suggested. To move towards developing resources for quinoa in line with major cereal crops, a database was created. The Quinoa Germinate Platform will serve as a central repository of data for quinoa researchers globally.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1759 |
Journal | Plants |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2021 |
Funding
The research reported in this publication from the lead author’s laboratory was supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), including with a grant from the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under Award No. CRG5-2966. A section of this publication is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. 1842493. As a disclaimer, any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Two authors are supported by the Center for Bioenergy Innovation, a US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Center supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the DOE Office of Science. The manuscript was coauthored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan. Available online: http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan (accessed on 15 August 2021). Funding: The research reported in this publication from the lead author’s laboratory was supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), including with a grant from the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) under Award No. CRG5‐2966. A section of this publication is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. 1842493. As a disclaimer, any opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Two authors are supported by the Center for Bioenergy Innovation, a US Department of Energy Bioenergy Research Center supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the DOE Office of Science. The manuscript was coauthored by UT‐Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE‐AC05‐00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US Government retains a nonexclusive, paid‐up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan. Available online: http://energy.gov/downloads/doe‐public‐access‐plan (accessed on 15 August 2021).
Funders | Funder number |
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OSR | CRG5‐2966 |
Office of Sponsored Research | |
National Science Foundation | 1842493 |
National Science Foundation | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
Office of Science | |
Biological and Environmental Research | |
Center for Bioenergy Innovation | |
Government of South Australia | |
UT-Battelle | DE-AC05-00OR22725 |
UT-Battelle | |
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology |
Keywords
- Architecture
- Chenopodium quinoa
- Database
- Descriptors
- Disease
- Genetic diversity
- High throughput seed phenotyping
- Panicle
- Remote sensing
- Scoring card