Farms and Farm Machinery

a phenomenal opportunity

Equipped with cutting-edge technologies, controlled by a joystick and measuring 1.93m high, the phenoMobile Lite might look a little out of place in most farmers’ sheds.

But the machine, the product of 11 years of Research and Development by the CSIRO-led node of the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF), could become a more common sight on Australian farms in near future, as CSIRO seeks a partner to help bring the product to a wider market.

It comes as phenotyping, the process of measuring the traits of a plant, becomes more common on farms worldwide

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