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- [Registration Open: Data management workshop – From Phenotyping Experiment to FAIR Data - 11, 12 & 13th March 2026](https://www.nordplant.org/2026/01/14/registration-open-data-management-workshop-from-phenotyping-experiment-to-fair-data-11-12-13th-march-2026/) - NBPPN “Data management workshop – From Phenotyping Experiment to FAIR Data” will take place in Ås, Norway 11, 12, & 13th March 2026. Register below! Deadline 15 February 2025. Call for Participants We invite researchers, students, and professionals interested in plant phenotyping and data management to participate in a hands-on workshop focused on metadata
- [Watch the NordPlant video!](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/01/10/watch-the-new-nordplant-video/) - NordPlant has now come to an end after six years. To celebrate that we reached all our major goals planned we produced this video! In just over 2 minutes we share our vision, present our five partners and our achievements! https://www.nordplant.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/nordplant_v2.mp4-1440p.mp4
- [Nordic Baltic Plant Phenotyping Network (NBPPN) Annual Symposium 2025](https://www.nordplant.org/2025/10/13/nordic-baltic-plant-phenotyping-network-nbppn-annual-symposium-2025/) - Register here for the Annual Symposium in Båstad, Sweden: 20th-21st November 2025 at Hotel Skansen. Take a look at the preliminary program here. 🔹 Keynote Speakers Andreas Hund – ETH Zurich, SwitzerlandTitle to be announced Brad Zamft – Heritable Agriculture, USATitle: Next-Generation Breeding: Integrating In Silico Approaches and New Breeding Technologies for Crop Improvement Erik Alexandersson – Novo Nordisk Foundation, DenmarkTitle: An Introduction to the
- [Research helps farmers predict crop performance and yield with satellites](https://www.nordplant.org/2025/07/01/upscale-project-news-satellite-and-drone-images-of-fields-can-reveal-the-growth-rate-and-health-of-crops-and-improve-yield-prediction/) - Satellite and drone images of fields can reveal the growth rate and health of crops and improve yield prediction. How are drones and satellites connected to the food we eat in the Nordics and Baltics? The research project Upscaling crop performance monitoring by linking satellite and field biosignatures (UPSCALE) utilizes satellite and drone imaging of fields combined
- [Hybrid Workshop on data standards in Plant Phenotyping - 26, 27 & 28 February 2025](https://www.nordplant.org/2024/11/26/hybrid-workshop-on-data-standards-in-plant-phenotyping-26-27-28-february-2025/) - NBPPN “Hybrid Workshop on data standards in Plant Phenotyping” will take place in Helsinki, 26, 27 & 28 February 2025. Register below! Deadline 31 January 2025. We would like to show you the usefulness of metadata analysis, pointing out the need to organize your data and implementing tools allowing you to store and share
- [NordPlant comes to an end!](https://www.nordplant.org/2024/10/13/nordplant-comes-to-an-end/) - In June 2024 NordPlant finished operations. Five Nordic universities with versatile and complementing research infrastructures established NordPlant in 2018 to promote education, research mobility and technological development to meet future challenges in Nordic agriculture and forestry. We are proud over NordPlant’s achievements, and believe that we have achieved a large majority of the goals we
- [NordPlant 2nd annual meeting on-line poster session](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/11/05/nordplant-2nd-annual-meeting-on-line-poster-session/) - These are the posters being presented at the 2nd NordPlant annual meeting. Go to the presentation by joining the breakout room with the corresponding number and name of the presenter. The idea is that the poster presentation should work like a physical poster session, where the participants can move freely between the posters. The presentations
- [Multi-million funding for Norwegian Plant Phenotyping Platform (PheNo)!](https://www.nordplant.org/2024/10/09/multi-million-funding-for-norwegian-plant-phenotyping-platform-pheno/) - The Research Council of Norway has awarded an infrastructure grant to Norwegian Plant Phenotyping Platform (PheNo) infrastructure. NordPlant is extremely pleased with this decision which considerably strengthens Norwegian plant phenotyping. This ensures that Norwegian researchers in the research area maintain their already important position in Europe, and strengthens Nordic plant phenotyping in general. Read more about
- [UPSCALE receives 10 million NOK from NordForsk to link phenotypic biosignatures!](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/01/22/upscale-receives-10-million-nok-from-nordforsk-to-link-phenotypic-biosignatures/) - Changing climate and degrading agricultural land are global challenges for agriculture. These pressing issues together with dwindling natural resources will increase the pressure on agriculture providing food for a growing world population. The Nordic-Baltic region spans the most northern area in the world for field cultivation, but is predicted to encounter larger changes than the
- [New Nordic-Baltic Plant Phenotyping Network is launched 22 May!](https://www.nordplant.org/2024/05/01/new-nordic-baltic-plant-phenotyping-network-is-launched-22-may/) - Nordic-Baltic Plant Phenotyping Network (NBPPN) is a new network joining parts of NPPN and NordPlant together. Sign up for the online kick-off meeting 22 May here! This network has just received funding from NKJ and will during its first year host a workshop in phenotype data handling and an annual meeting in Båstad, Sweden (preliminary
- [”Crop field and algae phenotyping” workshop in Oslo, 20 March 2024](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/11/21/field-and-algea-phenotyping-workshop-in-oslo-20-march-2024/) - This joint NordPlant/UPSCALE, NPPN and PhotoSyntech workshop on”Crop field and algae phenotyping” will take place in Oslo, 20 March 2024. Register below! Deadline 1 March. The workshop will be followed by Norwegian Plant Biology 2024 In the morning (9-12) the following theoretical background will be given: 9:00-9:45: Field phenotyping: Gaëtan Daubige (Arvalis, France) 10:00-10:45: Algae phenotyping:
- [Join the student presentations for "Applying GIS, Remote Sensing and Hyperspectral Imaging for sustainable urban-rural development and food production" 14 May at 17:00 CEST/SAST](https://www.nordplant.org/2024/02/20/register-your-interest-for-sasuf-online-course-applying-gis-remote-sensing-and-hyperspectral-imaging-for-sustainable-urban-rural-development-and-food-production-22-jan-19-apr-2024/) - Listen in to the student presentations 14 May at 17:00 CEST/SAST in place or online by signing up below. More about the course Remote sensing and spectral analysis are revolutionizing many aspects of human society, not least when it comes to plants and plant-derived products. These novel techniques are making an impact on
- [NordPlant meeting, 22-23 November 2023 “The future of plant phenotyping”](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/12/19/nordplant-meeting-22-23-november-2023-the-future-of-plant-phenotyping/) - NordPlant is coming to an end. The activities of NordPlant have been funded by NordForsk and supported by five Nordic universities for the last six years, but are now nearly over. The final annual meeting was held on 22-23 November in Båstad, Sweden, with the theme “The future of plant phenotyping”. At the start of
- [Final NordPlant Annual meeting: The future of plant phenotyping, Båstad Sweden, 22-23 November 2023](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/02/23/final-nordplant-annual-meeting-the-future-of-plant-phenotyping-22-23-november/) - NordPlant is coming to its sixth and last year. With this last annual meeting (22-23 November), we will try to sum up the last years’ progress around plant phenotyping and modelling for future climates, but foremost we will look into the future of plant phenotyping! Confirmed keynote speakers are David Rousseau (INREA): "Challenge and opportunities
- [Interview: "Nordic researchers aim to better prepare agriculture for dealing with climate change"](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/11/14/interview-nordic-researchers-aim-to-better-prepare-agriculture-for-dealing-with-climate-change/) - "Climate change is making the Nordic Region warmer, and we’re experiencing more intense periods of drought and more extreme rainfall. This changes the conditions for agriculture, with reduced quality and new plant diseases, but also provides opportunities." Erik Alexandersson, the coordinator of NordPlant, was recently interviewed by NordForsk. See what he has to say here!
- [NordPlant visit to Aberystwyth and Nottingham!](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/09/22/nordplant-visit-to-aberystwyth-and-nottingham/) - Taking advantage of the dramatic Welsh landscape for plant phenotyping and the power of CT scanners were some of the things NordPlant learnt more about during a study visit to the UK this fall. Part of the missions of NordPlant is to increase the connection with European researchers and organisations. In 2019, we visited INRAE’s
- [NordPlant and UPSCALE contribute to the Nordic Council of Ministers and The Nordic Council vision of 2030!](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/08/24/nordplant-and-upscale-contribute-to-the-nordic-council-of-ministers-and-the-nordic-council-vision-of-2030/) - We are happy to announce that the NordPlant and UPSCALE initiatives have contributed the the report "Fast Track to Vision 2030". How can research contribute to realising The Nordic Council of Ministers' Vision 2030? In the new report Fast Track to Vision 2030, researchers from projects funded by NordForsk or Nordic Energy Research contribute with 33 policy
- [New logo - NordPlant is now NordPlant-UPSCALE!](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/07/20/new-logo-nordplant-is-now-nordplant-upscale/) - End of 2022 NordForsk granted the proposal "UPSCALE - Upscaling crop performance monitoring by linking satellite and field biosignatures" 10 million Norwegian krona. More information of this project is available here. We are now happy to announce that UPSCALE will use www.nordplant.org as a platform to spread information and that we have a new logo
- [1st UPSCALE online seminar: "Potential of the integration of cell physiological phenotyping via enzyme activity profiling in functional field phenomics" 26 May 9-9:45 CEST!](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/05/05/1st-upscale-online-seminar-potential-of-the-integration-of-cell-physiological-phenotyping-via-enzyme-activity-profiling-in-functional-field-phenomics-26-may-online/) - The NordForsk funded project UPSCALE strives to record and merge crop biosignatures. This i necessary to better monitoring crop performance out in the field. For this to be truly efficient it needs to be upscaled and cover large areas. This can only be done by remote sensing by satellites which is a rapidly expanding area
- [NOVA course "High throughput field phenotyping and vegetation mapping", 5 ECTS NMBU June 12-16](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/04/20/the-nova-course-high-throughput-field-phenotyping-and-vegetation-mapping-5-ects-at-nmbu-june-12-16/) - This course aims to introduce the emerging research fields of high throughput plant phenotyping used for vegetation mapping and plant breeding, with a focus on remote sensing field phenotyping methodologies and related data analysis. The basic principles of commonly used remote sensing UAV-based imaging methods in high-throughput field phenotyping and vegetation mapping will be introduced
- [The penultimate NordPlant annual report has now been submitted](https://www.nordplant.org/2023/04/05/the-penultimate-nordplant-annual-report-has-now-been-submitted/) - The year 2022 was the second to last year for NordPlant, and we have now submitted our annual report to NordForsk. In this summary we highlight a number of achievements at part of our ongoing work. Our work to establish a set of common data standards for the NordPlant facilities continued in 2022. The use of common standards for
- [Online workshop: intro and user training workshop, 6-7 March](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/11/25/online-workshop-intro-and-user-training-workshop-6-7-march/) - PHENOMICS DATA PLATFORMS – INTRODUCTION & USER TRAINING WORKSHOP, Online: Monday March 6, 2023 - Tuesday March 7, 2023 with optionally on site in Helsinki: Wednesday March 8, 2023 The program is found below. Please indicate your interest here and your will be contacted by Kristiina Himanen at University of Helsinki. Background of the workshop:
- [Sign up for 4th NordPlant annual meeting “Envirotyping for plant breeding and precision agriculture” 30 November 2022 in Lund, Sweden](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/04/29/nordplant-annual-meeting-2022-30-november-in-lund-sweden/) - Please note: last day for signing up is Sunday 27 November! This year we will be in Lund, Sweden 30 November with the theme “Envirotyping for plant breeding and precision agriculture”. The meeting is the day after the Göte Turesson seminar commemorating 100 years since the term Ecotype was coined. Program Venue: Blue Hall,
- [Report from the NordPlant annual meeting “Envirotyping for plant breeding and precision agriculture”](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/12/20/a-report-from-the-nordplant-2022-annual-meeting/) - On 30 November 2022 NordPlant held its 4th annual meeting in Lund, Sweden, with the theme “Envirotyping for plant breeding and precision agriculture”. The meeting was connected to the centennial celebration of the term ecotype that the researcher Göte Turesson coined in 1922 in Lund. 110 persons had signed up for the meeting, 60 in
- [Last SASUF remote sensing get-to-gether joins the young minds in Coolest Projects South Africa!](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/12/13/last-sasuf-remote-sensing-get-to-gether-joins-the-young-minds-in-coolest-projects-south-africa/) - The very last meeting in the SASUF network for remote sensing ended on a different but still so important note! Aligned with our mission to spread and even scout for knowledge on remote sensing in South Africa and Sweden, we joined the event Coolest Projects South Africa. Here, youngsters can showcase their programming, web, hardware
- [NOVA PhD course at SLU Alnarp/Lund: "Common Data Standards and Integrative Analytic Methods for Plant Phenotyping", 3 ECTS, 28 November - 2 December 2022, PLS0077](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/03/06/nova-course-phenotyping-technologies-in-plant-environment-interactions-common-data-standards-and-omics-technologies-in-phenotyping-28-november-2-december-2022/) - The changing climate requires the development of faster breeding methods. This course is part of a series that aims to introduce the emerging research fields of high throughput plant phenotyping and omics technologies (including bioinformatics). The focus of the course is on computational solutions for handling and analyzing plant phenotyping data. The course will introduce
- [NordPlant at IPPS in Wageningen](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/09/30/nordplant-at/) - NordPlant was very pleased to be represented at the 7th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, 27-30 September 2022 in Wageningen. We participated both in a poster session as well as a flash poster presentation. The Nordic countries were well represented at the meeting and included 4 NordPlant stipendees also presenting their research. It was great to
- [3 new NordPlant publications!](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/10/19/3-new-nordplant-publications/) - NordPlant is very well represented in the upcoming special issue “Plant Phenotyping for a Sustainable Future” in the prestigious and high-impact Journal of Experimental Botany. The PhenoLab, which is the high-throughput phenotyping facility at the University of Copenhagen was used in the article “High-throughput phenotyping of physiological traits for wheat resilience to high temperature and
- [Researchers from Stellenbosch universtiy visits SLU Alnarp as part of SASUF](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/07/19/researchers-from-stellenbosch-universtiy-visits-slu-alnarp-as-part-of-sasuf/) - As part of the SASUF on remote sensing MSc student Kim Mannix and researcher Paul Williams from Stellenbosch university visited Alnarp 29 June to 1 July. Apart from visiting the facilities at SLU Alnarp, the small delegation took the chance and visited Borgeby Fältdagar. As a grand final they went to the IASIM 2022 conference
- [SASUF grants project on Remote sensing and multispectral imaging for plants and food stuff to meet UN’s Sustainable Development Goals](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/12/20/sasuf-grants-project-on-remote-sensing-and-multispectral-imaging-for-plants-and-food-stuff-to-meet-uns-sustainable-development-goals/) - Remote sensing and multispectral imaging will revolutionize many aspects of human society, not least when it comes to plants and plant-derived products. In November 2019 SASUF (Sweden-South Africa Universityn Forum) granted a network project around various aspects of plants and remote sensing. In agriculture these novel techniques are already now making an impact on plant
- [SASUF is suspended to the week of November 23-27, 2020.](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/03/25/sasuf-is-suspended-to-the-week-of-november-23-27-2020/) - This also means that our seminar "Remote sensing and multispectral imaging for plants and food stuff to meet UN’s Sustainable Development Goals" will likely take place in the afternoon of 24th of November. From SASUF: Given the current situation with corona virus COVID-19, we have no choice but to postpone the third SASUF Research &
- [SASUF Webinar: Let’s make sense of it – non-invasive sensing for food, agriculture and urban green spaces](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/10/11/webinar-lets-make-sense-of-it-non-invasive-sensing-for-food-agriculture-and-urban-green-spaces/) - Remote sensing and multispectral imaging will revolutionize many aspects of human society, not least when it comes to plants and plant-derived products. In agriculture, these novel techniques are already now making an impact on plant breeding and precision agriculture. Similar rapid advances for monitoring are seen in food production to ensure quality and safety in
- [Apply for travel grants for 7th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium (IPPS 2022), 27-30 September](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/02/01/travel-grants-for-7th-international-plant-phenotyping-symposium-ipps-2022-27-30-september/) - NordPlant is happy to announce 5 travel grants for PhDs and Postdocs working at the 5 NordPlant universities to attend the 7th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium (IPPS 2022), 27-30 September, in Wageningen in the Netherlands. More information on the conference here (early-bird closes 1 April). We award €600/each. Apply as soon as possible with max
- [NordPlant Newsletter - June 2022](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/06/07/nordplant-newsletter-june-2022/) - Summer is here again, which means that it is is time for the NordPlant newsletter. This edition contains reports from the previous annual meeting and news about the upcoming one, as well as information about NordPlant's other activities and upcoming courses. Sign up for the Fourth NordPlant annual meeting, 30 November 2022 in Lund, Sweden
- [Watch the recorded Virtual tour of the NaPPI phenotyping facility at University of Helsinki!](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/03/24/virtual-tour-of-the-nappi-phenotyping-facility-in-helsinki-14-march/) - On 14 March 2022 at 12.00-12.30 CET we did a virtual tour of the Finnish National Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure (NaPPI) facility in Helsinki. Watch the video here NaPPI was established during 2016 and is a distributed research infrastructure that provides phenotyping services to the entire Finnish plant research community, but also to the Nordic and European
- [NordPlant publication milestone achieved](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/12/22/nordplant-publication-milestone-achieved/) - One of the milestones set out in the NordPlant application was the publication of 18 joint scientific articles in the 2018-2023 time period. We are happy to announce that we have already achieved this by a considerable margin! Currently, the NordPlant network has published 27 scientific articles, and more are on the way. The list
- [EGI-ACE access to common data platform for NordPlant researchers​](https://www.nordplant.org/2022/01/13/egi-ace-access-to-common-data-platform-for-nordplant-researchers​/) - Phenotyping facility coordinators Dr Kristiina Himanen and Prof. Thomas Roitsch joined a network of European phenomics facilities at INRAE, UCPH, UH and WUR to obtain access to the EGI-ACE as a use case. The project offers access to infrastructure and platform services as well as dedicated user support and training. This access now granted means
- [Summary of the 3rd NordPlant annual meeting “Successful Plant Modelling and Phenotyping for the Nordic Countries – What is Needed?”, 25-26 November 2021 in Tromsø, Norway](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/12/22/summary-of-the-3rd-nordplant-annual-meeting-successful-plant-modelling-and-phenotyping-for-the-nordic-countries-what-is-needed-25-26-november-2021-in-tromso-norway/) - This year’s NordPlant annual meeting started with a keynote lecture from Magnus Nordborg (Gregor Mendel Institute). His research has revolved around plant ecotypes for a long time. In his talk he presented data from epigenetic studies showing that it is not easy to find a link between different types of methylations driving epigenetic effects and
- [Posters at the Third NordPlant annual meeting](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/11/24/posters-at-the-third-nordplant-annual-meeting/) - The poster session and tech corner is entirely online, and will take place Thursday 25 November, 16.00-17.00. To participate, join use this Zoom meeting, with the passcode 420462. The posters can be found in the breakout rooms, with the numbering as below. To view a poster, just join the breakout room with the corresponding number.
- [Third NordPlant annual meeting: "Successful Plant Modelling and Phenotyping for the Nordic Countries – What is Needed?” Tromsø, 25-26 November 2021](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/06/30/third-nordplant-annual-meeting-successful-plant-modelling-and-phenotyping-for-the-nordic-countries-what-is-needed-tromso-25-26-november-2021/) - The third NordPlant annual meeting will take place on 25-26 November, 2021, in Tromsø and online. To view the presentations remotely on the 25-26 November, please use this Zoom meeting: https://uit.zoom.us/j/64789002638 The program with the relevant rooms and zoom links is available here. Among the highlights are presentation by Magnus Nordborg from the Gregor Mendel
- [Poster presentations and tech corner at the third NordPlant annual meeting](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/11/11/poster-presentations-and-tech-corner-at-the-third-nordplant-annual-meeting/) - At the third NordPlant annual meeting, we will arrange a combined tech corner and poster session on Thursday 25 November, 16.00-17.00. This will take place entirely in Zoom, to enable those that are participating remotely to both present and to see posters. Those who wish to present posters, as well as companies who wish to
- [Meeting of the NordPlant common data standards group](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/11/24/meeting-of-the-nordplant-common-data-standards-group/) - Join Zoom Meeting: https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/63286661034 Passcode: 785379 Or physical at Scandic Ishavshotel, meeting room Nord-Norge (Fredrik Langes gate 2, 9008 Tromsø) Program 15:00-17:30 CET 15:00 Welcome and short presentation of NordPlant, Erik Alexandersson, SLU 15:15 Update on NordPlant’s work, Jesper Cairo Westergaard, UCPH; Tatu Polvinen, UHEL; Sylvain Poque (UHEL) 15:45 Leg-stretcher 16:00 How do we engage researchers
- [Video of the virtual tour of the ClimaLab in Tromsø](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/11/29/video-of-the-virtual-tour-of-the-climalab-in-tromso/) - We arranged a virtual tour of the ClimaLab in Tromsø on 25 November 2021. This event was a part of NordPlant's efforts to inform scientists about the participating facilities. The tour was recorded and can be seen here:
- [NordPlant Newsletter - November 2021](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/11/07/nordplant-newsletter-november-2021/)
- [Virtual tour of the ClimaLab on 25 November at 9.30 CET](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/10/29/virtual-tour-of-the-climalab-on-25-november-at-9-30/) - For the third time, NordPlant is arranging a virtual tour of one of our participating facilities. On this occasion it is the Climate Laboratory in Tromsø that will be featured. This facility is jointly maintained by UiT The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) and Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy (Nibio). The Climate Laboratory has 6 daylight
- [Nordic PhD course in plant imaging and phenotyping in Tromsø, Norway 22.-26.11.2021 (3 ECTS)](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/09/16/nordic-phd-course-in-plant-imaging-and-phenotyping-in-tromso-norway-22-26-11-2021-3-ects/) - Nordic PhD course in plant imaging and phenotyping in Tromsø, Norway 22.-26.11.2021 (3 ECTS)Course topic: Novel imaging methods in plant stress researchPlace: UiT The Arctic University of Norway Time of the course: Lectures and practical part 22.- 24.11.2021, and attending 3rd NordPlant Annual meeting25.-26.11.2021 “Successful Plant Modelling and Phenotyping for the Nordic Countries – What
- [Technician position in plant phenotyping @UiT The Arctic University of Norway](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/06/07/technician-position-in-plant-phenotyping-uit-the-arctic-university-of-norway/) - At the Department of Arctic and Marine Biology (AMB), UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, a technical position as lab and data engineer for plant phenotyping is available. The position is linked to the research group “Micro-organisms and Plants” and is funded by UiT’s strategic project ABSORB – Arctic Carbon Storage from Biomes, aiming at capture
- [Recorded virtual tour of the Biotron!](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/05/31/welcome-to-a-virtual-tour-of-the-biotron-on-27-may-13-00/) - As part of NordPlant's Virtual Tours we visited the Biotron at SLU Alnarp on Thursday 27th May 2021.The Biotron is a facility for modern plant research with climatized rooms with high precision and accuracy climates. Here are the in all ca 30 minute long recordings in two parts: Tour Questions and answers
- [Welcome to a virtual tour of the PhenoLab on 4 March 13.00](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/02/16/welcome-to-a-virtual-tour-of-the-phenolab-on-4-march-13-00/) - An important part of NordPlants mission is to spread information about the participating facilities. As a part of this, we will give a virtual tour of the PhenoLab in Taastrup outside Copenhagen. This is also part of our Facility Managers Network, which is intended to let the staff who work at the different facilities learn
- [The NordPlant newsletter for December 2020 is out](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/12/11/the-nordplant-newsletter-for-december-2020-is-out/) - The NordPlant newsletter for December 2020 has now been sent out, and can also be found here. The contents are: NordPlant prolonged for 2021-2023The 2nd NordPlant annual day successfully arrangedNordPlant’s continuous work on joint data standardsNordPlant Facility Managers’ forum in 2020Virtual tour of the PhenoLab on 4 March 2021Workshop on the interface between remote sensing
- [NordPlant's continuous work on joint data standards](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/03/02/nordplants-continous-work-on-joint-data-standards/) - We are continuing our work with joint data standards for phenotyping within NordPlant. Here you can see Jesper Cairo Westergaard's and Tatu Polvinen's latest presentation from the NordPlant annual meeting "Implementing an ontology-driven information system to push forward data sharing with a joint data standard for Plant Phenotyping in the Nordic countries" . The slides
- [New publication: Automated late blight lesion detection in the potato field](https://www.nordplant.org/2021/01/26/new-publication-automated-late-blight-lesion-detection-in-the-potato-field/) - This new article associated to NordPlant identifies late blight lesions in field RGB images with the help of deep convolutional neural networks. The article is published in Knowledge-Based Systems: Junfeng Gao, Jesper Cairo Westergaard, Ea Hoegh Riis Sundmark, Merethe Bagge, Erland Liljeroth, and Erik Alexandersson. "Automatic late blight lesion recognition and severity quantification based on
- [Workshop on the interface between remote sensing and plant phenotyping on 10 February 2021](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/12/14/workshop-on-the-interface-between-remote-sensing-and-plant-phenotyping-on-10-february-2021/) - SENSECO COST action WG3 “Sensor Synergies” and the Research Infrastructure EMPHASIS have similar interests, which they approach from different directions. For instance, remote sensing and phenotyping communities use the same sensor technologies (hyperspectral, thermal, fluorescence, 3-D, etc.) and need similar retrieval methods, but work on different scales with overlap at the field- and UAV-platform levels
- [Facility in focus - The Climate Laboratory at UiT in Tromsø ](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/12/10/facility-in-focus-the-climate-laboratory-at-uit-in-tromso/) - The Climate Laboratory in Tromsø is jointly maintained by UiT The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) and Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy (Nibio). The Climate Laboratory offers excellent facilities for controlled growth experiments, as it has 6 daylight and 4 dark phytotrons for experimental use. The temperature of the daylight phytotrons can be adjusted from 6
- [NordPlant prolonged for 2021-2023](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/12/08/nordplant-prolonged-for-2021-2023/) - We are very happy to announce that NordPlant's mid term evaluation was approved by NordForsk. This means that our project has been granted a second round of funding for 2021-2023. We are very grateful to get this opportunity to continue with our work for three more years. This will let implement many of the initiatives
- [NordPlant Facility Managers' forum in 2020](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/12/03/nordplant-facility-managers-forum-in-2020/) - During 2020, NordPlant has continued to work on the Facility Managers' Forum initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate collaboration between the facilities by arranging study visits and other opportunities for the persons responsible for the facilities to see the other facilities and meet the other staff. The first of the 2020 meetings
- [The 2nd NordPlant annual day successfully arranged](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/12/03/the-2nd-nordplant-annual-day-successfully-arranged/) - The 2nd NordPlant annual day was originally planned to be held in Tromsø. However, the covid-19 pandemic forced us to change our plans and arrange an online meting instead. Happily, this worked quite well, and we were able to arrange a meeting with 75 registered participants. The theme of the meeting was "Plant phenotyping and
- [The 2nd NordPlant Annual Meeting 5-6 November 2020 will be held online](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/09/08/sign-up-for-the-2nd-nordplant-annual-meeting-5-6-november-2020-in-tromso/) - We originally intended to hold our second annual meeting in Tromsø, Norway. However, in view of the current situation we have decided to hold an online meeting instead. The theme will still be: "Plant phenotyping and modelling for improved resilience and maintained quality in a changing climate". Immediately before the meeting, there will also be
- [New paper on automated quantification and classification of post-harvest damage - webinar postponed to 22 September](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/08/21/new-paper-on-automated-quantification-and-classification-of-post-harvest-damage-webinar-on-25-august/) - In a new publication, Emina Mulaosmanovic and co-authors describe the use of phenotyping technologies to detect post-harvest damage on leaves. Plants are exposed to factors which cause tissue damage, like environmental stress (abiotic), herbivores (biotic), and mechanical injury from agricultural practices or poor handling. The aim of the paper was to develop a method for
- [New NordPlant-supported paper on phenotyping of winter wheat](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/07/20/new-nordplant-supported-paper-on-phenotyping-of-winter-wheat/) - Dhananjay Kumar in Aakash Chawade's research group just published a paper entitled Affordable Phenotyping of Winter Wheat under Field and Controlled Conditions for Drought Tolerance in the journal Agronomy. In this paper the authors describe a phenotyping system with low-cost consumer-grade digital cameras mounted on a cart that can be used to characterize germplasm for
- [Open position: Development leader Biotron, SLU Alnarp](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/06/26/open-position-development-leader-biotron-slu-alnarp/) - PhD in plant science or similar? Apply to become the new development leader for the biotron, at SLU Alnarp. Deadline 10 July, more information and application here
- [NOVA course "High Throughput Field Phenotyping" postponed to June 28 - July 2, 2021](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/04/21/nova-course-high-throughput-field-phenotyping-postponed-to-2021/) - Due to the covid-19 outbreak we are unfortunately unable to go ahead with this course as originally planned 22-26 June 2020, and since the main purpose is to provide you with hands-on training in field phenotyping methods it is almost impossible to replace with distal learning methods. The course will therefore be postponed to June
- [NordPlant annual report for 2019 submitted](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/04/30/nordplant-annual-report-for-2019-submitted/) - The NordPlant annual report for 2019 has now been submitted to NordForsk for evaluation. While the report was slightly delayed for Covid19-related reasons, we still managed to submit it well within the extended deadline. This post is a summary of the report, but the full version will be available later. Since the work done during
- [Companies working with AI and agriculture in Sweden - a new report in collaboration with SLU Holding](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/04/29/companies-working-with-ai-and-agriculture-in-sweden-a-new-report-in-collaboration-with-slu-holding/) - Artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture is a rapidly developing field in the Nordic countries, with many private actors. As a part of our work to facilitate and increase collaboration between universities and companies in fields related to NordPlant's activities, we have collaborated with SLU Holding to get a better overview of the companies in the
- [NordPlant Annual Day, 20 November 2019 in Lund](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/07/31/nordplant-annual-day-19-20-november-2019-in-lund/) - NordPlant will host it’s first annual day 20 November, in Lund, Sweden: "Tech talks for plant phenotyping in the Nordic countries". On the day before, 19 November, there will be a special meeting for the managers of the respective NordPlant phenotyping facilities, while the main meeting will take place on 20 November 10:00-16:30 in the
- [The new Phenocave is being developed in SLU Alnarp](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/04/15/the-new-phenocave-is-being-developed-in-alnarp/) - Automated plant phenotyping in precise environments is key to monitor the effects on crops in a changing climate. Therefore, an affordable and high precision automated phenotyping system, the Phenocave, is currently being developed at SLU Alnarp for visible and multispectral imaging of plants. Phenocave is custom built for the Biotron in SLU Alnarp – a
- [NordPlant facility managers' forum initiative](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/02/21/nordplant-facility-managers-forum-initiative/) - During 2019, NordPlant started a facility managers' forum. The people who manage the various facilities that make up the research infrastructure of NordPlant are absolutely critical for the research being done there. The purpose of the forum is to provide an opportunity for the managers to exchange experience and discuss common issues, but also to
- [NordPlant annual meeting: "Plant phenotyping and modelling for improved resilience in changing climate” Tromsö, 4-6 November 2020](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/03/07/nordplant-annual-meeting-plant-phenotyping-and-modelling-for-improved-resilience-in-changing-climate/) - The theme of this year's meeting is “Plant phenotyping and modelling for improved resilience in changing climate”. This lunch-to-lunch meeting will take place 5-6 November. The meeting will take place in Tromsö, Norway. The meeting will be preceded by one workshop for pheno- and clima- plant facilities in and one on data standards for plant
- [The NordPlant common data standards project](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/02/24/the-nordplant-common-data-standards-project/) - The use of common standards for data handling, metadata generation and data storage is critical for data sharing. Common standards are a necessary prerequisite for the FAIR data principles (that research data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). One of the goals of NordPlant is to establish a set of common data standards for
- [NordPlant – A Climate and Plant Phenomics Hub for Sustainable Agriculture and Forest Production in Future Nordic Climates](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/01/15/nordplant-a-climate-and-plant-phenomics-hub-for-sustainable-agriculture-and-forest-production-in-future-nordic-climates/) - Changing climate and degrading agricultural land are global challenges for agriculture and forest production. In the NordPlant project, five Nordic universities University of Copenhagen, Helsinki University, University of Tromsø , Lund University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences join forces to create a consortium promoting education, research mobility and technological development to meet future challenges
- [First SASUF exchange in the network for sensing and multispectral imaging for food, agriculture, and urban planning](https://www.nordplant.org/2020/02/15/first-sasuf-exchange-in-the-network-for-sensing-and-multispectral-imaging-for-food-agriculture-and-urban-planning/) - Remote sensing and multispectral imaging will revolutionize many aspects of human society, not least when it comes to plants and plant-derived products. In agriculture, these novel techniques are already now making an impact on plant breeding and precision agriculture. Over three days, a delegation from SLU visited several important South African labs employing various types
- [Future phenotyping in the Nordic countries](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/12/06/future-phenotyping-in-the-nordic-countries/) - During the first annual meeting a panel discussion was led by NordPlant’s coordinator Erik Alexandersson on the future phenotyping in the Nordic countries. The panel had representatives from Nordic academia working with plant phenotyping and the Nordic plant breeding companies. The small size of the plant phenotyping community in the Nordic countries as well as
- [Facility in focus – NaPPI (University of Helsinki, Finland)](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/09/10/facility-in-focus-nappi-university-of-helsinki-finland/) - The National Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure (NaPPI) was established during 2016 to overcome the challenges of linking genotypes to their phenotypes in basic and applied plant research. NaPPI is a distributed research infrastructure that provides phenotyping services to the entire Finnish plant research community, but also to the Nordic and European research networks. At the University
- [Junfeng Gao, new in NordPlant!](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/10/23/junfeng-gao-new-in-nordplant/) - Junfeng Gao will be a new post doc in our NordPlant project. He most recently comes from Ghent University where he used deep machine learning for weed detection in field conditions and also joint developed a vision-based site-specific spraying prototype with Wageningen University& Research. Together with Lars Eklundh (LU) and Erik Alexandersson (SLU) he will use his skills to identify disease
- [Berry wax in the North](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/06/27/berry-wax-in-the-north/) - Priyanka Trivedi, an I4 Future doctoral candidate (UO, Finland and UiT, Tromso) is studying the effect of environmental factors on the composition and biosynthesis of cuticular wax in bilberry (WAX- project funded by Interreg Nord). She is currently working in the Biotron facility at SLU Alnarp to study the effect of different temperatures on bilberry
- [Automated phenotyping for wheat and sugar beet breeding within SLU Grogrund](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/08/08/automated-phenotyping-for-wheat-and-sugar-beet-breeding-within-slu-grogrund/) - Aakash Chawade (of NordPlant and SLU) will lead a new project, funded by SLU Grogrund. The aim is to develop innovative and robust automated plant phenotyping methods for evaluation of economically important agronomic traits of crops important to Sweden's agriculture. The automated phenotyping methods will be developed with wheat and sugar beet as a model,
- [Denmark stands out in review of plant phenotyping publications](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/08/08/denmark-stands-out-in-review-of-plant-phenotyping-publications/) - In a recent bibliometric review that maps plant phenotyping publications, Denmark is the EU country with the highest number of phenotyping publications per inhabitant (together with Luxembourg). The authors map plant phenotyping publications worldwide and conclude that plant phenotyping requires dedicated infrastructures providing tools and resources, and that these are mostly available in a limited
- [New review article comparing phenotyping needs for breeding and farming](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/05/26/new-review-article-comparing-phenotyping-needs-for-breeding-and-farming/) - High-throughput field phenotyping has garnered major attention in recent years leading to the development of several new protocols for recording various plant traits of interest. Phenotyping of plants for breeding and for precision agriculture have different requirements due to different sizes of the plots and fields, differing purposes and the urgency of the action required
- [Site visit to INRA Montpellier 20-21 March 2019](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/05/26/site-visit-to-inra-montpellier-20-21-march-2019/) - One of the stated goals of NordPlant is to strengthen the collaboration with similar initiatives in Europe. For this purpose, the steering committee and a number of associated researchers visited INRA Montpellier and their extensive facilities for field and greenhouse phenotyping on 20-21 March 2019. When we arrived, we were met by Dominique This and Elsa Ballini
- [Workshop on phenotyping standards held in Lund 29-30 April](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/05/17/workshop-on-phenotyping-standards-held-in-lund-29-30-april/) - In the last days of April 2019, NordPlant arranged a workshop on phenotyping standards with Célia Michotey and Anne-Françoise Adam-Blondon from INRA Versailles. Twenty scientists participated in the workshop, which was held in Biskopshuset, Lund. During the first day, Anne-Françoise Adam-Blondon gave an introduction to the subject of phenotyping standards and presented the MIAPPE (Minimum
- [NordPlant newsletter for December 2018 published](https://www.nordplant.org/2018/12/21/nordplant-newsletter-for-december-2018-published/) - The NordPlant newsletter for December 2018 has now been sent to all subscribers. It includes information about the kickoff meeting and the focus groups formed there as well as upcoming courses and events. Each newsletter will also highlight a facility at one of the participating universities. This time, the facility in focus is the Biotron
- [NordPlant annual report for 2018 submitted](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/04/18/nordplant-annual-report-for-2018-submitted/) - On March 30, 2019, NordPlant submitted the first annual progress report to NordForsk. This is an abbreviated version of the report. The full version can be found here. During the first half of 2018, NordPlant received the first funding, formed a steering committee, assigned Erik Alexandersson as coordinator and finalized the Agreement of Cooperation between
- [Two Post Doc positions in deep learning for high-throughput plant phenotyping and image analysis at SLU Alnarp](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/03/16/two-post-doc-positions-in-deep-learning-for-high-throughput-plant-phenotyping-and-image-analysis-at-slu-alnarp/) - Two Post Doc position are announced at SLU Alnarp: Postdoctoral position in deep learning for high-throughput plant phenotyping (deadline 15 April)Post doctoral position in image analysis to detect disease and monitor drought in field-grown potato (deadline 28 April)
- [Workshop on phenotyping standards 29-30 April](https://www.nordplant.org/2019/02/07/workshop-on-phenotyping-standards-29-30-april/) - This is a 1 1/2 days introductory workshop hosted by NordPlant and INRA on datastandards for plant phenotyping led by Célia Michotey (INRA) and Anne-Françoise Adam-Blondon (INRA). It will be held 29-30 April in Lund and is open for maximum 20 participants. Employees at the five NordPlant university have priority, but a number of places are also reserved
- [NordPlant focus groups](https://www.nordplant.org/2018/12/18/nordplant-focus-groups/) - NordPlant has decided to establish a number of focus groups to identify future challenges associated with Nordic climate change and to assist with technological developments around plant phenomics and climate research. At the NordPlant Kickoff in Helsinki 24-25 October 2018, the first four focus groups were formed: 1. Phenotyping methods in field, greenhouse, and cell physiology (UHEL):
- [NordPlant has officially started!](https://www.nordplant.org/2018/12/18/nordplant-has-officially-started/) - On the 24-25 of October the new NordForsk university hub ”NordPlant” was launched in Helsinki, Finland. Around 70 researchers joined the meeting. NordPlant is one out of a total of six Nordic University Hubs funded by NordForsk. NordPlant will address a number of focus areas: plant pathogens in new Nordic climate conditions, retained biomass production in climate change, forestry
- [NOVA PhD Course: Phenotyping Technologies in Plant-environment Interactions – Image Based Phenotyping is Open for Applications!](https://www.nordplant.org/2018/11/01/nova-phd-course-phenotyping-technologies-in-plant-environment-interactions-image-based-phenotyping-is-open-for-applications/) - The course is of 5 ECTS and is organised by Kristiina Himanen, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. The course is the second course in the NOVA PhD course series Phenotyping Technologies in Plant-environment Interactions which is scheduled for 2018-2021. The course will take place on 10-14 Jun. 2019, in Helsinki, Finland. 1st call deadline:
- [The Specalyzer tool - new NordPlant publication out!](https://www.nordplant.org/2018/11/07/the-specalyzer-tool-new-nordplant-publication-out/) - Spectroradiometer measurements generate large amount of data that requires pre-processing prior to analysis. In this publication Alexander Koc (pictured), Tina Henriksson and Aakash Chawade developed an interactive online tool called Specalyzer to assist in pre-processing, outlier detection and estimation of over 120 vegetation indices from the hyperspectral data. Specalyzer can be accessed online at www.specalyzer.org.
- [NordPlant organization](https://www.nordplant.org/2018/08/14/nordplant-organization/) - NordPlant is managed through a steering committee, consisting of representatives and deputy represenatives from the five partner universities and an executive group that acts under the direction of the steering committee. In addition, the management consists of four country coordinators, whose role is to organize seminars, education, communication with other Nordic universities, and more. Finally, five
- [Postdoc position on Phenotyping of Plant - Pathogen Interaction at University of Copenhagen](https://www.nordplant.org/2018/06/30/postdoc-position-on-phenotyping-of-plant-pathogen-interaction-at-university-of-copenhagen/) - Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science at The University of Copenhagen is offering a 2-year Postdoc position within the topic “Multimodal phenotyping of pathogen responses in barley” commencing 1st October 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic researcher with an interest in a
- [NordPlant partner universities and infrastructure](https://www.nordplant.org/2018/10/10/nordplant-partner-universities-and-infrastructure/) - The NordPlant consortium consists of five Nordic universities: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU Alnarp), University of Helsinki, University of Copenhagen, University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway and Lund University. The consortium brings together the complementing expertise and already established phenomics research infrastructure at the universities, forming the foundation of an internationally competitive hub.
- [This page is under construction!](https://www.nordplant.org/2018/09/08/this-page-is-under-construction/) - But don't worry - we will soon be ready!
- [Welcome to the NordPlant kick-off 24-25 October!](https://www.nordplant.org/2018/09/20/welcome-to-the-nordplant-kick-off-24-25-october/) - In the beginning of 2018 NordPlant was formed as a Nordic University Hub by five Nordic universities: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, University of Copenhagen, University of Tromsø and Lund University with the help of funding by NordForsk. Please register here to participate. The changing climate is a global challenge and new plant
- [Sign up for a NaPPI tour and Focus Group discussions during the NordPlant kick-off](https://www.nordplant.org/2018/10/05/sign-up-for-a-nappi-tour-during-the-nordplant-kick-off/) - NaPPI – the National Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure is on Finland’s roadmap for research infrastructures (FIRI – Finnish Research Infrastructure). The NaPPI facilities are located in two nodes: in the greenhouse complex at the Viikki campus of the University of Helsinki and the spectromics laboratory at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). NaPPI operates the full

## Pages

- [Publications](https://www.nordplant.org/publications/) - NordPlant publications 2018-July 2024 [1-42] References Alexandersson, E., M. Keinanen, A. Chawade, and K. Himanen, Nordic research infrastructures for plant phenotyping. Agricultural and Food Science, 2018. 27(1): p. 7-16. Chawade, A., R. Armoniene, G. Berg, G. Brazauskas, G. Frostgard, M. Geleta, A. Gorash, T. Henriksson, K. Himanen, A. Ingver, E. Johansson, L.N. Jorgensen, M. Koppel,
- [Partners](https://www.nordplant.org/about/partners/)
- [Organisation](https://www.nordplant.org/about/organisation/) - NordPlant steering committee, 2018-2021 Representative Deputy representative University Kristiina Himanen Sylvain Poque UHEL Erik Andreasson Rodomiro Ortiz SLU Thomas Roitsch Alexander Schulz UCPH Laura Jaakola Kirsten Krause UiT Lars Eklundh Anna Maria Jönsson LU NordPlant Executive group Erik Alexandersson leader, SLU Kristiina Himanen UHEL Thomas Roitsch UCPH Laura Jaakola UiT Aakash Chawade SLU Country coordinators
- [NordPlant Projects](https://www.nordplant.org/nordplant-projects/)
- [Objective](https://www.nordplant.org/about/objective/) - NordPlant is a climate and plant phenomics university hub for sustainable agriculture and forest production in future Nordic climates. Climate change is a global challenge and new plant breeding and protection efforts are urgently needed. Novel methods in plant phenotyping and climate facilities, which is the core of NordPlant, will be central to better understand
- [Contact](https://www.nordplant.org/contact/) - Main: Name University Position E-mail Telephone Erik Alexandersson SLU Coordinator erik.alexandersson@slu.se +46 (0)40-41 5338 Svante Resjö SLU Administrative coordinator svante.resjo@slu.se +46 (0)40-41 5317 Country coordinators: Name University Country E-mail Thomas Georg Roitsch KU Denmark roitsch@plen.ku.dk Kristiina Himanen UHEL Finland kristiina.himanen@helsinki.fi Laura Jaakola UiT Norway laura.jaakola@uit.no Aakash Chawade SLU Sweden aakash.chawade@slu.se
- [Nordic infrastructures](https://www.nordplant.org/nordic-infrastructures/) - For a comprehensive review see "Nordic research infrastructures for plant phenotyping" [pdf] by Erik Alexandersson, Markku Keinanen, Aakash Chawade and Kristiina Himanen
- [Focus groups](https://www.nordplant.org/focus-groups/) - Phenotyping methods in field, greenhouse, and cell physiology (UHEL) Data handling and integration related to phenotyping and modelling by integrated climate and phenomics data (UCPH/LU) Emerging and increasing plant pathogens and pests in the Nordic countries (SLU) Abiotic stress relevant for future climate change in the Nordic countries (UiT) Demands of breeders and precision farmers
- [Education](https://www.nordplant.org/education/) - NOVA PhD course series "Phenotyping Technologies in Plant-environment Interactions" 2018-2021: 2018: Integrated Analysis of Omics Data, 11-15 June 2018 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 2019: Image Based Phenotyping University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry 2020: High Throughput Field Phenotyping Norwegian University of Life Sciences 2021: Omics Technologies in Phenotyping Agricultural University of Iceland More
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## Events

- [Data management workshop – From Phenotyping Experiment to FAIR Data - 11, 12 & 13th March 2026](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/data-management-workshop-from-phenotyping-experiment-to-fair-data-11-12-13th-march-2026/) - NBPPN “Data management workshop – From Phenotyping Experiment to FAIR Data” will take place in Ås, Norway 11, 12, & 13th March 2026. Register below! Deadline 15 February 2025. Call for Participants We invite researchers, students, and professionals interested in plant phenotyping and data management to participate in a hands-on workshop focused on metadata
- [”Crop field and algae phenotyping” workshop in Oslo, 20 March 2024](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/crop-field-and-algae-phenotyping-workshop-in-oslo-20-march-2024/) - https://www.nordplant.org/2023/11/21/field-and-algea-phenotyping-workshop-in-oslo-20-march-2024/
- [NordPlant annual meeting](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nordplant-annual-meeting-2/) - More information and registration here
- [Online workshop: intro and user training workshop for plant phenotype data](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/online-workshop-intro-and-user-training-workshop-for-plant-phenotype-data/) - More information here
- [Centennial anniversary of the ecotype concept: the legacy of Göte Turesson](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/centennial-anniversary-of-the-ecotype-concept-the-legacy-of-gote-turesson/) - More information here!
- [NordPlant annual meeting](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nordplant-annual-meeting/) - The theme of the 2022 annual NordPlant meeting is “Envirotyping for plant breeding and precision agriculture”. It will be held on 30 November 2022 in Blå Hallen, Ecology building, Lund, Sweden. More information and registration is available here.
- [NOVA PhD course: “Phenotyping Technologies in Plant-Environment Interactions – Common Data Standards and Omics Technologies in Phenotyping”](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nova-phd-course-phenotyping-technologies-in-plant-environment-interactions-common-data-standards-and-omics-technologies-in-phenotyping/) - More information and registration for this course here
- [Virtual tour of the NaPPI phenotyping facility in Helsinki 14 March](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/virtual-tour-of-the-nappi-phenotyping-facility-in-helsinki-14-march/) - On 14 March 2022 at 12.00-12.30 Swedish time, 13.00-13.30 Finnish time, NordPlant will arrange a virtual tour of the Finnish National Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure (NaPPI) facility in Helsinki. The zoom link for the tour is https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/62400770848, with the passcode 991053. More information can be found here.
- [Meeting of the NordPlant common data standards group](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/meeting-of-the-nordplant-common-data-standards-group/) - Meeting of the NordPlant common data standards group Topic: NordPlant - Common data standards Time: Nov 24, 2021 15:00 CET Join Zoom Meeting: https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/63286661034 Passcode: 785379 Or physical at Scandic Ishavshotel, meeting room Nord-Norge (Fredrik Langes gate 2, 9008 Tromsø) Program 15:00-17:30 CET 15:00 Welcome and short presentation of NordPlant, Erik
- [Internal NordPlant steering committee meeting](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/internal-nordplant-steering-committee-meeting/)
- [Successful Plant Modelling and Phenotyping for the Nordic Countries – What is Needed? 3rd NordPlant annual meeting](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/successful-plant-modelling-and-phenotyping-for-the-nordic-countries-what-is-needed-3rd-nordplant-annual-meeting/) - Successful Plant Modelling and Phenotyping for the Nordic Countries – What is Needed? 3rd NordPlant annual meeting 25-26 November, 2021 Venue: Tromsø, Norway and online. The program is available here Registration
- [NordPlant facility managers’ forum](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nordplant-facility-managers-forum/) - NordPlant facility managers’ forum, including study visit at ClimaLab
- [Mini-course: Novel Imaging Methods in Plant Stress Research, Tromsø](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/mini-course-novel-imaging-methods-in-plant-stress-research-tromso/) - Mini-course: Novel Imaging Methods in Plant Stress Research, Tromsø. More information will come!
- [High Throughput Field Phenotyping, Ås, Norway](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/high-throughput-field-phenotyping-as-norway/) - NB! Dates are preliminary. Check for more information here: https://www.nmbu.no/en/students/nova/students/phd-courses/phd-courses-2020/node/38597
- [NordPlant Steering Committee](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nordplant-steering-committee-2/) - Internal steering committee meeting
- [Virtual tour of the PhenoLab](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/virtual-tour-of-the-phenolab/) - Virtual tour of the PhenoLab with Jesper Cairo Westergaard @UCPH. More information to come!
- [Annual NordPlant meeting now online](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/annual-nordplant-meeting-in-tromso/) - We originally intended to hold our second annual meeting in Tromsø, Norway. However, in view of the current situation we have decided to hold an online meeting instead. More information and registration is available here.
- [Webinar on automated quantification and classification of post-harvest damage](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/webinar-on-automated-quantification-and-classification-of-post-harvest-damage/) - We will arrange a webinar to discuss the paper about automated quantification and classification of post-harvest damage from Emina Mulaosmanovic et al. on 22 Septemer at 14:00. Anyone interested is welcome to join us at https://slu-se.zoom.us/j/65309503030
- [Remote sensing and multispectral imaging for plants and food stuff to meet UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/remote-sensing-and-multispectral-imaging-for-plants-and-food-stuff-to-meet-uns-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs/) - See more here. More information to come!
- [NordPlant steering committee](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nordplant-steering-committee/)
- [NordPlant steering committee meeting](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nordplant-steering-committee-meeting-3/)
- [NordPlant Annual Day 2019 in Lund](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nordplant-annual-day-2019-in-lund/) - NordPlant will host it’s first annual day 19-20 November, in Lund, Sweden. On 19 November there will be a special meeting for the managers of the respective NordPlant phenotyping facilities, while the main meeting will take place on 20 November. This will be an opportunity to to meet scientists in the network and from the
- [NordPlant Steering Committee Meeting](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nordplant-steering-committee-meeting-2/) - Lund/Båstad
- [NordPlant steering committee meeting](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nordplant-steering-committee-meeting/)
- [Workshop on phenotyping standards 29-30 April, Lund](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/workshop-on-phenotyping-standards-29-30-april-lund/) - More information here
- [NPPN field day at SLU Alnarp](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nppn-field-day-at-slu-alnarp/) - More information to come
- [NPPN annual workshop](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nppn-annual-workshop/) - More information here: https://nordicphenotyping.org/events/
- [End-meeting EnBlightMe!](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/end-meeting-enblightme/) - In the project EnBlightMe! researchers at SLU Alnarp together with IBM Sweden want to develop a support system for farmers packaged as an easy-to-use application. The hope is that a drone with camera can become "the farmer's digital aid" who oversees large areas at low cost. At the end-meeting in Malmö we demonstrate the demo
- [NPPN annual meeting](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nppn-annual-meeting/) - More information here: https://nordicphenotyping.org/events/
- [NordPlant official kick off](https://www.nordplant.org/events/event/nordplant-official-kick-off/) - NordForsk supported “NordPlant - A Climate and Plant Phenomics Hub for Sustainable Agriculture and Forest Production in Future Nordic Climates”. This joins five Nordic universities with versatile and complementing research infrastructures together to promote education, research mobility and technological development to meet future challenges in agriculture and forestry. The official kick-off will be 24-25 October

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