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Table 3 A comparison of collecting plant phenotypes in the field between the Avenger tractor and 1 well-trained summer student

From: A data workflow to support plant breeding decisions from a terrestrial field-based high-throughput plant phenotyping system

 

Avenger tractor

Summer student

Total collection time (h)

1.5

4.0

Plots sampled per hour

110

60

Measurements per plot

120

3

Traits per plot (simultaneous)

4

2

Total measurements collected

115,200

1440

Time to upload/process data (h)

6

2.5

  1. These values are averaged over 6 collections from a 2.7 ha field with 240 experimental plots (12 × 1.02 m) over 6 irrigation basins