Market Trends of Plant Phenotyping Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the Plant Phenotyping Market according to our research experts:
Increasing Number of Seed Borne Diseases is Driving the Market
Almost 90% of all the world's food crops are grown from seeds that are widely distributed in national trade and international trade. Germplasm is also distributed and exchanged in the form of seeds in breeding programs. However, many plant pathogens can be seed transmitted and seed distribution is a very efficient form of plant disease dispersal. Under suitable environmental conditions, disease-causing organisms that are carried by seeds may be transmitted to cause disease in developing seedlings or plants. The pathogen attacks the germinating seedling and affects the seedling establishment, with others, disease symptoms are not seen until a later stage of growth. With the rising number of seed diseases that are affecting crop productivity, it has become necessary to adopt techniques like plant phenotyping to eliminate them and propagate better and disease-free crop varieties. Hence, the market is increasingly been driven by the outbreak of plant diseases in cereals, fruits, vegetables, oilseeds and other crops across the world.
Europe Dominates the Phenotyping Market
Europe accounted for the largest share of the plant phenotyping market in 2019. High emphasis on the funding of plant phenotyping experiments from governments and other organizations in Europe and North America has played a vital role in the growth of the plant phenotyping market in these regions. Additionally, key players in the plant phenotyping market are located in the European region, which makes it the dominant market with effective phenotyping research and services over other regions. There is a rising number of research activities taking place across the European countries which are driving awareness and in turn the market for plant phenotyping products and services. In 2019, a study conducted in Europe established that the Mediterranean climate in the countries of Italy, Greece, Portugal, and Spain with hot dry summers and frequent droughts alongside the heterogeneous panorama of phenotyping within Mediterranean countries, describing the state of the art of agricultural production, breeding initiatives, and phenotyping capabilities, drive the market in the region.
