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The Challenges of [high-throughput] Phenotyping
Mount Hood - sept 2008 Topics
° Introducing BASF Plant Science
° Phenotyping, for what purposes?
° What are the challenges?
° High-throughput phenotyping Ù The TraitMill example
° What is the output? Ù Some lead examples
° Future developments BASF Plant Science BASF Plant Science: a Global Technology Platform
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¢ Founded in 1998 ¢ 700 employees in R&D ¢ Coops with universities, biotech start-ups and major AgBio players BASF Plant Science Units ¢ Partnerships with seed External Cooperations companies CropDesign at a Glance
° Headquartered in Gent, Belgium; 90 employees
° Founded in 1998 as a spin-off from VIB, acquired in June 2006 by BASF Plant Science
° Focus on the development of high productivity traits by operating a unique rice-based trait discovery platform
° Focus on rice as a commercial crop opportunity and as a model for corn BASF Plant Science The BASF approach to gene discovery: unique technology platform
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Unique and synergistic platform for gene function discovery Combines visual plant screening & metabolic profiling for gene function analysis High throughput at 5,000 to 10,000 genes tested per year ° Introducing BASF Plant Science
° Phenotyping, for what purposes?
° What are the challenges?
° High-throughput phenotyping The TraitMill example
° What is the output? Some lead examples
° Future developments BASF Plant Science Trends driving demand for agricultural products
Food & Feed ¢ UN estimate* on word population: 9.2 billion people for 2050 ¢ Rising social standards drive global demand for more processed foodM (AmReKaEtT cPoOnTsEuNmTIApLtion in Asia)
Biofuels** ¢ Worldwide: Programs to support bio-fuel projects ¢ EU biofuel target: 10% of total transportation fuel by 2020: ‰ 55% of total agricultural land needed to reach the target (in canola)
u To meet the demand we have to double productivity within the next 20 years
*Published in May 2007 by the UN; ** EU-Directive, March 2007 BASF Plant Science Our Projects
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wheat rice corn soybean canola Traits Novel Agronomic Enhanced feed Specialty food Industrial specialty traits traits traits traits
- Yield - NutriDense - PUFAs - Modified starch - Stress tolerance - Phytate reduction - Increased Oil - Fungal resistance - Amino acid - Biofuels enhancement Basic Technologies Enabling Genomics Bioinformatics ° Introducing BASF Plant Science
° Phenotyping, for what purposes?
° What are the challenges?
° High-throughput phenotyping The TraitMill example
° What is the output? Some lead examples
° Future developments What are the challenges?
° High Throughput ‹ Efficient logistics ° Low costs ‹ Automation
° Early discovery ‹ Model plants ‹ Screening strategy ° Predictability ‹ Traits
° Organize the data flow ‹ LIMS ‹ Productivity tools Key traits
Established field crop markets Rice Bioenergy crops (corn, soybean,...) (sugarcane, switchgrass,..)
• Seed yield • Seed yield • Leafy biomass • Seed number • Seed number • Plant height • Grain filling rate • Grain filling rate • Development rate • 1000 seed weight • 1000 seed weight • Oil content • Harvest index • Harvest index • Rooty biomass • Heading time • Heading time • Root thickness • Development rate • Development rate • Root shoot ratio • Root biomass • Root biomass • Root shoot ratio • Root shoot ratio ° Introducing BASF Plant Science
° Phenotyping, for what purposes?
° What are the challenges?
° High-throughput phenotyping: Ù The TraitMill example ° What is the output? Some lead examples
° Future developments TraitMillTM : Trait Development for Different High-Value Opportunities
Productivity traits for Rice with Productivity established field improved yield traits for crops bioenergy crops
Annual Product leads throughput
Patent filing >60 validated leads
Data mgt & analysis 10s of terrabytes
Plant phenotyping 140,000 plants Molecular analysis 300,000 PCRs
Plant transformation >75,000 transformants
Vector construction 1300 constructs Gene selection 2,000 genes Genes The TraitMill pipeline
VECTOR PLANT MOLECULAR PLANT SEED LEAD CONSTRUCTION TRANSFORMATION ANALYSIS EVALUATION EVALUATION IDENTIFICATION
LIMS and DATA MANAGEMENT PLANNING FACILITIES
Myriam Van Quickenborne_June 13th 2007 HTP plant evaluation Evaluation set up
T0 generation
T1 generation
Evaluation
Statistical data analysis Green biomass Green biomass