Summer School Image Analysis for Plant Phenotyping

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  • Monday 29 June 2026 until Friday 3 July 2026
  • 5 days
  • 15 - 35 participants
  • € 2,982.00
  • This includes course materials, lunches, coffee/tea, refreshments and a welcome dinner. Reduced fee for PhD students: €1952.
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Introduction
Are you looking for a complete overview of image analysis techniques for automatic plant phenotyping? The Summer School will provide a mixture of underlying theory and practical hands-on training. You will have the chance to work on actual plant image analysis issues. These problems will challenge you to use and merge the theory in practice.

For who is this course fitting?

Target audience

This Summer School is designed for two groups: researchers studying automatic phenotyping and technical experts in breeding companies. Both groups use or plan to use image analysis. If you have doubts about whether you belong to the target group or have enough relevant basic knowledge, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes
  • Explain the latest insights in imaging techniques applied to plant phenotyping.
  • Apply these techniques in daily practice in your experiments.

Programme details

Programme

The main topics that will be addressed are:

  • Image acquisition
  • Noise filtering
  • Segmentation and image shape features
  • Machine learning
  • Deep learning
  • 3D vision
  • Imaging, data and practicals

Certification

Certification

After completing the programme, you are awarded with a certificate.

Testimonials

Testimonials

“The format of the training surprised me in the best way. It wasn’t a lecture hall experience, it was hands-on, collaborative, and full of real-world applications.”

Soumitra Khair, Robotics and Automation Expert at Syngenta
Yuta Miyoshi posing for the camera in a lab

“Understanding carbon translocation has transformed my approach to optimizing crop yield and quality, making it a focal point in my research.”

Yuta Miyoshi, Participant Plant Phenotyping
“If you want to experience, learn and get a ‘picture’ of the state of art related to current imaging technologies and analysis tools this is the place to be. My expectations on this were fullfilled in”
Nanne Faber
Enza Zaden, participant 2018

Coordinated by

Coordinators

EM (Liesbeth) Vallinga, MSc

Program manager Continuing Education

EM (Liesbeth) Vallinga, MSc

Program manager Continuing Education

dr.ing. G (Gerrit) Polder

Machine Vision and Phenotyping

dr.ing. G (Gerrit) Polder

Machine Vision and Phenotyping

dr. GW (Gert) Kootstra

Associate Professor

dr. GW (Gert) Kootstra

Associate Professor

drs. HJ (Rick) van de Zedde

Program manager Autonomous Cultivation & CTO NPEC

drs. HJ (Rick) van de Zedde

Program manager Autonomous Cultivation & CTO NPEC

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Organisational unit

Wageningen Academy

Educational type

SummerSchool

Date

Mon 29 June 2026 -
Fri 3 July 2026

Price

€2982 - This includes course materials, lunches, coffee/tea, refreshments and a welcome dinner. Reduced fee for PhD students: €1952. | This includes course materials, lunches, coffee/tea, refreshments and a welcome dinner. Reduced fee for PhD students: €1952.

Accreditation

Certificate

Format

On-Campus

Course starts immediately

No

Language of instruction

English

Minimum number of learners

15

Maximum number of learners

35
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