UM6P Launches PHENO-MA: A Leap Forward in Plant Phenotyping
New High-Tech Platform Boosts Research on Crop Resilience and Water Efficiency
This week at the Benguerir campus, UM6P unveiled PHENO-MA, a cutting-edge phenotyping platform designed to enhance research on plant-environment interactions. Combining indoor and outdoor systems, the facility enables precise monitoring of crop performance under varying climate and water stress conditions.
This week, UM6P launched the PHENO-MA platform to study plant responses to environmental conditions and improve crop productivity within the University’s Campus in Benguerir.
The platform includes an Outdoor System with Phenomobile v2+, equipped with LiDAR, RGB, IR, and spectrometer sensors to analyze plant water budgets under stress. It also features a Lysimetric System with 1,400 mini-plots for studying water dynamics, simulating drought scenarios, and an autonomous phenotyping robot. Additionally, an Indoor System integrates PhenoMerzouga v2 for climate simulations and a growth chamber with a speed breeding platform for genetic research. PHENO-MA will support research on plant resilience and resource efficiency.
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