Sorawich Pongpiyapaiboon

He is a Ph.D. candidate at the Laboratory of forage grass genetics and breeding, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Agriculture and Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Japan. He specializes in applying digital technologies for crop phenotyping to support plant breeding.

His research focuses on extracting morphological traits from digital 3D models for high-throughput plant analysis. He has developed algorithms and pipelines for trait extraction and growth pattern analysis, integrating these data with genetic information to improve the evaluation and characterization of turfgrass and forage crops, particularly Zoysia species.

Development of a digital phenotyping system using 3D model reconstruction for zoysiagrass

[Joining by video link from Japan] Digital phenotyping, particularly the use of plant 3D models, is a promising method for high-throughput plant evaluation. Although many recent studies on the topic have been published, further research is needed to apply it to breeding research and other related fields. In this study, using a 3D model phenotyping system we developed, we reconstructed and analyzed 20 accessions of zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.), including three species and their hybrid, over a period of 1 year.

2026-03-09