Mission and Aims
Jülich Plant Phenotyping Center (JPPC)
Quantitative analyses of the plant phenome by using non-invasive sensors and automation
We focus on the application and development of high-throughput, non-invasive phenotyping methods for screening of plant shoot and root productivity traits.
In our group plant biologists, engineers, and image processing specialists cooperate to realize screening methodologies for shoot and root growth and architecture combined with physiological measurements of plant performance and plasticity to environmental challenges.
Our work aims at developing:
- automated platforms for high-throughput shoot and root phenotyping
- image analysis methods to quantify root and shoot traits based on 2D and 3D imaging
- database solutions for plant phenomics and environmental data
- workflows, standards, and guidelines for plant phenotyping


The developed methods can be used for crops, including special and niche crops, with and without storage roots, as well as for herbal, aromatic or medicinal plants in the frame of basic and applied research questions. JPPC actively cooperates with both academic and industrial partners and enables access to state-of-the-art phenotyping platforms. The JPPC capacities for plant phenotyping are currently used in national and international research networks such as the German Plant Phenotyping Network (DPPN), AgroServ and Microbes4Climate . The access for selected users and collaborative projects includes the use of the infrastructure as well as logistic, technological, and scientific support required to conduct the proposed experiments.
How to get access? Please contact:
Dr. Kerstin Nagel
Head of 'Jülich Plant Phenotyping Center'
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG)
- Plant Sciences (IBG-2)
Room 414
Dr. Mark Müller-Linow
Leitung "Jülich Plant Phenotyping Center"
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG)
- Plant Sciences (IBG-2)
Room 224