High‐throughput phenotyping

Anyone who has written a species description knows the slow process of measuring the length and width of plant parts with a ruler and ocular micrometer, counting hairs or branches, or assessing the color of fruits. Anyone who has studied plant communities has counted seedlings, measured leaf area, or laid out plots and counted their contents. Until recently, however, optimizing the speed of the process has not been a high priority. If it takes...