JPPC - the Jülich Plant Phenotyping Centre
- develops novel concepts and technologies to analyse the plant phenome, which results from the interaction between the genome of a plant and its present and previous environment
- integrates technologies to quantify plant performance in detailed, medium- and high-throughput applications
- develops new technologies for analysis of plant phenotypes and integrates them with sound environmental simulation and/or monitoring systems
- interacts with other "-omics"-technologies like genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics or fluxomics to approach plant performance in the environment in a holistic way for basic as well as for applied research and its application
At IBG-2 plant scientists together with physicists, chemists and engineers develop a unique portfolio of non-invasive methods for plant phenotyping.
The methods are based on optical and dedicated electromagnetic technologies, on NMR and special isotope technologies including short-lived radiotracers.
Research activities cover ecophysiological problems under environmental conditions from controlled to field environments.
JPPC benefits from plant phenotyping in national and international networks like GABI or IPPN: development of concepts, strategies and sensors, genomic approaches and system biology.
JPPC is the base for the development of a national phenotyping platform named in the High Tech Strategy of the German federal government.
