System and method for phenotyping of organisms

A method for phenotyping of plants using a phenotyping system, the method comprising:

• a) acquiring weight-data related to a weight of a plant unit with a weighing vehicle configured to autonomously:
• navigate to a location of the plant unit to acquire the weight-data,
• wherein the plant unit comprises;
• one or more plants;
• b) transporting the plant unit from a first location in a growing area to an acclimatisation area such that the plant unit acclimatises to one or more first environmental conditions of a measurement area before being transported to the measurement area;
• c) transporting the plant unit from the acclimatisation area to the measurement area;
• and
• d) acquiring phene-data related to phenes of one or more plants of the plant unit in the measurement area.

A phenotyping system for phenotyping plants, the system comprising:

• at least one plant unit comprising
• one or more plants,
• a growing area,
• a measurement area separated from the growing area,
• an acclimatisation area separated from the growing area,
• a sensor located in the measurement area configured to acquire phene-data related to phenes of the one or more plants of the at least one plant unit,
• a main controller for receiving and processing data,
• at least one weighing vehicle comprising a weighing unit,
• one or more processors, and
• memory in communication with the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause the system to:
• a) acquire weight-data related to a weight of the at least one plant unit with the at least one weighing vehicle configured to autonomously:
• navigate to a location of the at least one plant unit to acquire the weight-data;
• b) transport the at least one plant unit from a first location in the growing area to the acclimatisation area such that the at least one plant unit acclimatises to one or more first environmental conditions of the measurement area before being transported to the measurement area;
• c) transport the at least one plant unit to the measurement area;
• and
• d) acquire the phene-data related to the phenes of the one or more plants of the at least one plant unit in the measurement area.