Focused on the sustainability and productivity of Canadian agriculture now and in coming decades
The Eastern Canadian Plant Phenotyping Platform (ECP3) provides a vast array of infrastructure with advanced phenomics/phenotyping technologies. The platform is designed for flexibility - allowing researchers to phenotype a broad range of crop plants under diverse growth conditions such as abiotic and biotic stresses, from plate samples to crops, in controlled, semi-controlled, and field environments.
Research tools and systems on the cutting edge...
Phenomics Systems
- Field
- Greenhouse
- Laboratory
Multi-Scale Imaging
- Microscopy
- Macro CT Scanning
- in vivo Imaging
Genomic Editing
- Tissue Culture Laboratory
- Phytorium
- Greenhouse Facility
Phytoremediation
- Mobile Laboratory
Funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), with matching funding from Quebec's Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur (MEES), the ECP3 is a collaborative initiative between McGill University and the Université de Sherbrooke. The Centre SÈVE research network, which focuses on plant and agriculture sciences, also provides ongoing operational support.
Some of the ECP3 equipment is already available. Other components will be available in the coming year.
*Images by: Arlene Whitmore; Roberto Buelvas; Amir J Bidhendi and Anja Geitmann; Jaswinder Singh; Michaël Rodrigue-Morin.