CN117889762B

CN117889762B - High-throughput plant phenotype detection system and detection method

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Publication number: CN117889762B
Application number: CN202410303484.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩志国; 金林; 李皓; 赵洪兵
Original assignee: Phenotrait Beijing Technology Co ltd; Huinuo Yunpu Hainan Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Phenotrait Beijing Technology Co ltd; Huinuo Yunpu Hainan Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2024-03-18
Filing date: 2024-03-18
Publication date: 2024-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 2044-03-18
Also published as: CN117889762A

Abstract

The application provides a high-throughput plant phenotype detection system and a detection method, wherein the system comprises a plurality of container assemblies, each container assembly comprises a container and a culture medium, and plants are planted in the container; a circulating conveyor for circulating a plurality of container assemblies; the driving unit is used for driving the container assembly to circularly move between the outer channel group and the inner channel group; the acquisition and detection unit comprises an acquisition and measurement assembly arranged above the third outer channel and is used for acquiring the phenotype information of plants. According to the high-flux plant phenotype detection system and the detection method, the driving unit in the circulating conveying device can drive the container assembly to move circularly, synchronous, controllable period and automatic acquisition of high-flux plant phenotype information are realized, labor cost and time cost are reduced to a large extent, and measurement efficiency is improved. Plants planted in the container assemblies can realize cyclic movement in the cyclic conveying device, and the environmental conditions obtained by each container assembly in the moving process are uniform and consistent.

Description

High-throughput plant phenotype detection system and detection method

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of plant measurement, in particular to a high-throughput plant phenotype detection system and a detection method.

Background

In the related art center, in order to achieve automated plant phenotype detection, an orbital high-throughput plant phenotype platform is generally employed, so that an image acquisition device moving along an orbit performs phenotype detection for each plant in a culture space.

However, the plants in the platform cannot move, and the growth of the plants is affected by the uneven illumination and temperature in the culture space. Even if plants are placed in a greenhouse (a sunlight greenhouse or a glass greenhouse with a light supplementing lamp) or a manual climate chamber (the light supplementing lamp is used for providing illumination completely), the problems of small climate environment difference, uneven temperature control, uneven simulated illumination and the like still exist, so that errors exist in plant phenotype detection.

The existing conveying pipeline device in the market has the defects of less quantity of plants and lower conveying efficiency.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above background, the present application aims to provide a high-throughput plant phenotype detection system and a detection method, which can meet the requirement of planting plants at a higher density, and complete fully controllable automatic measurement of plant phenotype data in a preset period.

In view of the above objects, a first aspect of the present application provides a high throughput plant phenotype detection system comprising: a plurality of container assemblies, each container assembly comprising a container and a cultivation substrate disposed within the container, the cultivation substrate being planted with a plant; a circulating conveyor for circulating a plurality of the container assemblies; the circulating conveying device comprises an outer channel group, wherein the outer channel group comprises a first outer channel, a second outer channel and a third outer channel which are sequentially communicated end to end, the first outer channel and the third outer channel extend along a first direction, and the second outer channel extends along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; at least one inner channel group is further arranged between the first outer channel and the third outer channel, each inner channel group comprises a first inner channel and a second inner channel which extend along the first direction and are sequentially communicated end to end, an inlet of the first inner channel adjacent to the first outer channel is communicated with an outlet of the first outer channel, and an outlet of the second inner channel adjacent to the third outer channel is communicated with an inlet of the third outer channel; the circulating conveyor further comprises a driving unit, wherein the driving unit is used for driving the container assembly to circularly move between the outer channel group and the inner channel group; the collection and detection unit comprises a collection and measurement assembly arranged above the third outer channel, and the collection and measurement assembly is used for collecting phenotype information of plants.

Optionally, the driving unit includes: a first drive assembly including a first urging structure disposed proximate an inlet of the first outer channel, the first urging structure for urging forward movement of the container assembly in the first direction; a second drive assembly including a second pushing structure disposed proximate to the outlet of the first outer channel and a third pushing structure disposed proximate to the outlet of the second inner channel; the second pushing structure is linked with the third pushing structure and is used for pushing the container assembly to move in the forward direction along the second direction; a third drive assembly including a fourth urging structure disposed proximate an entrance of the first interior passage, the fourth urging structure for urging reverse movement of the container assembly in the first direction; a fourth drive assembly including a fifth urging structure disposed proximate an inlet of the third outer channel, the fifth urging structure for urging reverse movement of the container assembly in the first direction; a fifth drive assembly including a sixth urging structure disposed proximate an outlet of the first inner passage, the sixth urging structure for urging forward movement of the container assembly in the second direction; a sixth drive assembly including a seventh urging structure disposed proximate an entrance of the second inner passage, the seventh urging structure for urging forward movement of the container assembly in the first direction; a seventh drive assembly includes an eighth urging structure disposed proximate the inlet of the second outer channel for urging reverse movement of the container assembly in the second direction.

Optionally, the circulating conveying device comprises at least two inner channel groups, and each inner channel group is provided with the third pushing structure, the fourth pushing structure, the sixth pushing structure and the seventh pushing structure; all the third pushing structures are arranged in a linkage manner, all the fourth pushing structures are arranged in a linkage manner, all the sixth pushing structures are arranged in a linkage manner, and all the seventh pushing structures are arranged in a linkage manner.

Optionally, the second driving assembly further comprises a plurality of first connection plates; the first connecting plates are respectively arranged between the second pushing structure and the adjacent third pushing structure and between the adjacent two third pushing structures, so that the second pushing structure and all the third pushing structures are in linkage arrangement.

Optionally, the fourth pushing structure is disposed on a side, close to the inner channel group, of the first connecting plate, and the third driving assembly further includes a plurality of second connecting plates, where the plurality of second connecting plates are disposed between two adjacent fourth pushing structures, so that all the fourth pushing structures are disposed in a linkage manner.

Optionally, the collecting and detecting unit includes a frame and a measurement driving assembly, the third outer channel passes through the frame, the collecting and measuring assembly is disposed inside the frame, and the measurement driving assembly is used for driving the collecting and measuring assembly to slide along a third direction; the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction in pairs.

Optionally, the top and the side wall of the frame are provided with light shielding plates, and the light shielding plates perpendicular to the first direction are provided with through light shielding plate openings, and the light shielding plate openings are used for the third outer channels to penetrate through the frame; the collecting and detecting unit further comprises a sliding baffle and a sliding plate driving assembly for driving the sliding baffle to slide along the third direction; the sliding baffle can block at least part of the light shielding plate opening.

Optionally, the device further comprises a control unit, wherein the control unit is arranged on the circulating conveying device and/or the acquisition detection unit; the control unit is electrically connected with the driving unit and is used for controlling the driving unit to drive the container assembly to move to a specified position or controlling the driving unit to stop; the control unit is electrically connected with the measurement driving assembly and is used for controlling the measurement driving assembly to drive the acquisition and measurement assembly to move to a specified position; the control unit is electrically connected with the slide plate driving assembly and used for controlling the slide plate driving assembly to drive the slide baffle plate to move to a designated position; the control unit is electrically connected with the acquisition and measurement assembly and is used for controlling the acquisition and measurement assembly to acquire plant phenotype information.

Optionally, the container is a flowerpot or a root limiting cultivation device, the container assembly further comprises a base, and a positioning groove for positioning the container is formed in the top of the base.

Based on the same inventive concept, a second aspect of the present application also provides a high-throughput plant phenotype detection method using the high-throughput plant phenotype detection system according to the first aspect, wherein a plurality of container assemblies are placed in an outer channel group and all inner channel groups in a circulation conveyor, and a moving space capable of accommodating at least one container assembly is provided in each of the first outer channel, the second outer channel, the first inner channel and the second inner channel, the method comprising:

Determining a target container assembly, and controlling a driving unit to execute at least one group of pushing actions until the target container assembly moves to a designated position below an acquisition and measurement assembly;

The acquisition detection unit is controlled to acquire images of the target container assembly, and the images are subjected to data processing to obtain plant phenotype information;

wherein a set of the push actions includes:

The driving unit is controlled to drive the container assembly in the first outer channel to move to the outlet of the first outer channel, drive the container assembly in the first inner channel to move to the outlet of the first inner channel, drive the container assembly in the second inner channel to move to the outlet of the second inner channel, and drive the container assembly in the third outer channel to move to the inlet of the second outer channel;

the control driving unit drives the container assembly positioned in the second outer channel to move to the inlet of the first outer channel through the outlet of the second outer channel, drives the container assembly positioned at the outlet of the first outer channel to move to the inlet of the first inner channel, drives the container assembly positioned at the outlet of the first inner channel to move to the inlet of the second inner channel, and drives the container assembly positioned between the outlet of the second inner channel and the inlet of the third outer channel to move to the inlet of the third outer channel.

From the above, it can be seen that the high-throughput plant phenotype detection system and the detection method provided by the application can drive the container assembly to move circularly between the outer channel group and the inner channel group which are communicated with each other by the driving unit in the circulating conveying device. Meanwhile, as the outer channel group and the inner channel group can limit the moving track of the container assembly, synchronous, controllable period and automatic collection of high-flux plant phenotype information are realized, so that when the container assembly moves below the collection and measurement assembly in the collection and detection unit, the position of the plant in the container is approximately fixed, the work such as position adjustment is not needed for each container assembly, the working efficiency of collection and measurement is improved, the labor cost and the time cost are reduced to a greater extent, and the measurement efficiency is improved. The mode of realizing the circulating motion by adopting a plurality of groups of push rods can improve the cultivation density, and is very beneficial to obtaining the root-limiting cultivation phenotype information of the high-flux plants.

Meanwhile, plants planted in the container assemblies can circularly move in the circulating conveying device for 7 x 24 hours, the growth environment is updated in real time, the environmental conditions such as illumination and temperature obtained by each container assembly in the space in the moving process are uniform and consistent, the accurate phenotype identification error possibly caused by the microclimate difference of plant growth is effectively solved, and the accuracy of data acquisition is improved.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present application or related art, the drawings that are required to be used in the description of the embodiments or related art will be briefly described below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present application, and other drawings may be obtained according to the drawings without inventive effort to those of ordinary skill in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of a circulation conveyor of a high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a circulating conveyor of a high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of the cyclical delivery device of a high-throughput plant phenotype detection system of an embodiment of the application with a second drive assembly in operation;

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of the cyclical delivery device of a high-throughput plant phenotype detection system of an embodiment of the application with a third drive assembly in operation;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a collection and detection unit of a high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of a container assembly of a high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic flow chart of a high throughput plant phenotype detection method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to an embodiment of the present application prior to a pushing action;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to an embodiment of the present application in a pushing motion.

Reference numerals illustrate:

100. a container assembly; 110. a container; 120. a base; 121. a positioning groove;

200. a circulating conveyor;

210. An outer channel group; 211. a first outer channel; 211a, an inlet of the first outer channel; 211b, an outlet of the first outer channel; 212. a second outer channel; 212a, an inlet of the second outer channel; 212b, an outlet of the second outer channel; 213. a third outer channel; 213a, an inlet of the third outer channel; 213b, the outlet of the third outer channel;

220. An inner channel group; 221. a first inner passage; 221a, an inlet of the first inner channel; 221b, an outlet of the first inner channel; 222. a second inner passage; 222a, an inlet of the second inner passage; 222b, an outlet of the second inner passage;

230. a driving unit;

231. a first drive assembly; 231a, a first pushing structure;

232. a second drive assembly; 232a, a second pushing structure; 232b, a third pushing structure; 232c, a first connection plate;

233. a third drive assembly; 233a, a fourth pushing structure; 233b, a second connection plate;

234. A fourth drive assembly; 234a, fifth pushing structure;

235. A fifth drive assembly; 235a, sixth pushing structure;

236. a sixth drive assembly; 236a, seventh pushing structure;

237. A seventh drive assembly; 237a, eighth pushing structure;

300. a collection and detection unit; 310. a frame; 320. collecting a measuring component; 330. a measurement drive assembly; 340. a light shielding plate; 341. a mask opening; 350. a sliding baffle;

400. And (5) a plant.

Detailed Description

The present application will be further described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent.

It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of the components, numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present application unless it is specifically stated otherwise.

Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective parts shown in the drawings are not drawn in actual scale for convenience of description.

The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the application, its application, or uses.

It should be noted that unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used in the embodiments of the present application should be given the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present application belongs. The terms "first," "second," and the like, as used in embodiments of the present application, do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that elements or items preceding the word are included in the element or item listed after the word and equivalents thereof, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "connected," and the like, are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, which may also be changed when the absolute position of the object to be described is changed.

As shown in fig. 1,2 and 7, an embodiment of the present application provides a high-throughput plant phenotype detection system (hereinafter referred to as a system), which includes: a plurality of container assemblies 100, each container assembly 100 including a container 110 and a cultivation substrate disposed within the container, the cultivation substrate being planted with a plant 400; a circulating conveyor 200 for circulating a plurality of container assemblies 100; the endless conveyor 200 includes an outer channel group 210, the outer channel group 210 including a first outer channel 211, a second outer channel 212, and a third outer channel 213 that are sequentially communicated end to end, the first outer channel 211 and the third outer channel 213 each extending in a first direction (e.g., an X direction in fig. 2), the second outer channel 212 extending in a second direction (e.g., a Y direction in fig. 2) perpendicular to the first direction; at least one inner channel group 220 is further provided between the first outer channel 211 and the third outer channel 213, each inner channel group 220 including a first inner channel 221 and a second inner channel 222 each extending in the first direction and communicating sequentially end to end, an inlet 221a of the first inner channel adjacent to the first outer channel 211 communicating with an outlet 211b of the first outer channel, an outlet 222b of the second inner channel adjacent to the third outer channel 213 communicating with an inlet 213a of the third outer channel; the endless conveyor 200 further comprises a driving unit 230, wherein the driving unit 230 is configured to drive the container assembly 100 to move circularly between the outer channel group 210 and the inner channel group 220; the collection and detection unit 300 includes a collection and measurement assembly 320 disposed above the third outer channel 213, and the collection and measurement assembly 320 is used for collecting phenotype information of the plant 400.

Plant phenotype is the overall physical, physiological, biochemical characteristics and traits that reflect plant structure and composition, plant growth and development processes and outcomes. The phenotype information of the plant may be a plant image obtained by photographing or scanning, or may be information of external morphological characteristics of an organism including diameter, leaf length, leaf width, leaf number, leaf area, leaf angle, etc. of the plant obtained by further processing the plant image.

Illustratively, the cultivation substrate may be vermiculite, perlite, rock wool, sand, polyurethane, peat, rice hull carbon, bark or the like. The cultivation substrate can be selected according to plant types and cultivation requirements. In the container assembly 100, plants 400 are planted on a cultivation substrate within the container 110.

Illustratively, each of the channels included in the outer channel set 210 and each of the channels included in the inner channel set 220 may be a structure formed by a bottom panel and at least one side panel for guiding the container assembly 100. When the container assembly 100 comprises a side plate, the cross section of the channel is of an L-shaped structure, and the container assembly 100 is abutted with the side plate in the process of being placed on the bottom plate and moving in the channel; when two side plates are included, the cross section of the channel is in a U-shaped structure, and the container assembly 100 is abutted with one side plate or both side plates in the process that the container assembly 100 is placed on the bottom plate and moves in the channel.

As shown in fig. 2, specifically, for the connection mode of the respective channels in the circulation conveyer 200, the outlet 211b of the first outer channel is communicated with the inlet 221a of the first inner channel, the outlet 221b of the first inner channel is communicated with the inlet 222a of the second inner channel, the outlet 222b of the second inner channel is communicated with the inlet 213a of the third outer channel, the outlet 213b of the third outer channel is communicated with the inlet 212a of the second outer channel, and the outlet 212b of the second outer channel is communicated with the inlet 211a of the first outer channel.

The container assembly 100 planted with the plants 400 is placed in the endless conveyor 200, and the container assembly 100 enters the inner channel group 220 from the outer channel group 210 under the action of the driving unit 230, and then enters the outer channel group 210 from the inner channel group 220 to complete one circulation movement. During the cyclic movement, when the container assembly 100 moves under the collection and measurement assembly 320 in the collection and detection unit 300, the driving unit 230 may pause the operation, and the collection and measurement assembly 320 performs the collection and measurement of the plants 400 in the container assembly 100 to obtain the plant phenotype information. After the collection and measurement assembly 320 completes the collection and measurement, the driving unit 230 may continuously drive the container assembly 100 to move in the circulation and transportation device 200.

In the system provided by the embodiment of the present application, the driving unit 230 in the circulating conveyor 200 can drive the container assembly 100 to perform circulating movement between the outer channel group 210 and the inner channel group 220 which are mutually communicated. Meanwhile, as the outer channel group 210 and the inner channel group 220 can limit the moving track of the container assembly 100, synchronous, controllable period and automatic collection of high-flux plant phenotype information are realized, so that when the container assembly 100 moves below the collection and measurement assembly 320 in the collection and detection unit 300, the position of the plant 400 in the container 110 is approximately fixed, the work such as position adjustment of each container assembly 100 is not needed, the working efficiency of collection and measurement is improved, and the labor cost and the time cost are greatly reduced.

Meanwhile, as the plants 400 planted in the container assemblies 100 can circularly move in the circulating conveying device 200 for 7 x 12 hours, the growth environment is updated in real time, the environmental conditions such as illumination, temperature and the like obtained by each container assembly 100 in the space in the moving process are more consistent, the accurate phenotype identification error possibly caused by the microclimate difference of plant growth is effectively solved, and the accuracy of data acquisition is improved.

It should be noted that, in the related art, devices such as an annular conveyor belt or a conveying assembly line are generally used for conveying plants, but in the conveying manner, the running track of the plants is annular, and the middle space surrounded by the annular track is generally not effectively utilized, so that the defects of small distribution density of root plates and low conveying efficiency exist.

For the system of the present embodiment, the outer channel set 210 can form a U-shaped structure in the horizontal direction, and the inner channel set 220 is located in the space surrounded by the U-shaped structure. When a plurality of inner channel groups 220 are provided in the system, the plurality of inner channel groups 220 may be arranged continuously along the second direction, and two adjacent inner channel groups 220 may be disposed in close contact with each other, that is, most of the space surrounded by the U-shaped structure may be used to dispose the inner channel groups 220 for transporting and storing the container assembly 100. Compared with the annular conveying mode, the system of the embodiment of the application can improve the planting density of the plants 400 through the inner channel group 220, so that more container assemblies 100 can be stored in a unit space, the cycle period of the plants is effectively shortened, and the system is very beneficial to high-throughput plant phenotype information acquisition. Meanwhile, the space cost occupied by the system can be reduced.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, in some embodiments, the driving unit 230 includes:

The first driving assembly 231 includes a first pushing structure 231a disposed near the inlet 211a of the first outer passage, and the first pushing structure 231a is used to push the container assembly 100 to move in the forward direction.

Illustratively, the first pushing structure 231a may be a plate-shaped structure capable of having a large contact area with the container assembly 100 to push the container assembly 100 to move smoothly.

The first pushing structure 231a acts on the container assemblies 100 located at the head end in the first outer channel 211 (i.e., the container assemblies 100 located at or near the inlet 211a of the first outer channel) to move all of the container assemblies 100 in the first outer channel 211 in the forward direction until the container assemblies 100 located at the tail end in the first outer channel 211 (i.e., the container assemblies 100 located at or near the outlet 211b of the first outer channel) reach the outlet 211b of the first outer channel.

Illustratively, the first urging structure 231a abuts the container assembly 100 as the container assembly 100 is urged to move. When the container assembly 100 moves to the above-mentioned position, the first push structure 231a may be separated from the container assembly 100, and the first push structure 231a moves reversely to be reset.

A second drive assembly 232 including a second push structure 232a disposed proximate the outlet 211b of the first outer channel and a third push structure 232b disposed proximate the outlet 222b of the second inner channel; the second pushing structure 232a and the third pushing structure 232b are coupled to push the container assembly 100 to move in the forward direction in the second direction.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, the second drive assembly 232 further includes a plurality of first connection plates 232c; the plurality of first connecting plates 232c are respectively disposed between the second pushing structure 232a and the adjacent third pushing structure 232b, and between the adjacent two third pushing structures 232b, so that the second pushing structure 232a and all the third pushing structures 232b are disposed in a linkage manner.

Illustratively, the second pushing structure 232a and the third pushing structure 232b form an integrally connected structure through the first connecting plate 232 c.

It should be noted that, when both the second pushing structure 232a and the third pushing structure 232b act on the container assembly 100, the first connecting plate 232c therebetween does not act on the container assembly 100. The second pushing structure 232a and the third pushing structure 232b extend along a first direction, and the first connecting plate 232c extends along a second direction.

The second pushing structure 232a and the third pushing structure 232b, and the adjacent two third pushing structures 232b can each accommodate two container assemblies 100 juxtaposed in the second direction.

The second pushing structure 232a acts on the container assembly 100 at the rear end of the first outer channel 211 to push it from the outlet 211b of the first outer channel to the inlet 221a of the first inner channel in the forward direction of the second direction.

As shown in fig. 4, the third pushing structure 232b acts on the container assembly 100 at the trailing end of the second inner channel 222 to push it from the outlet 222b of the second inner channel to the inlet 213a of the third outer channel in the forward direction of the second direction. Or when at least two inner channel groups 220 are provided in the endless conveyor 200, the third pushing structure 232b is also used to push the container assembly 100 from the outlet 222b of the current second inner channel to the inlet 221a of the next first inner channel in the forward direction of the second direction.

The third driving assembly 233 includes a fourth pushing structure 233a disposed near the inlet 221a of the first inner passage, and the fourth pushing structure 233a is used to push the reverse movement of the container assembly 100 in the first direction.

The fourth push structure 233a acts on the container assemblies 100 located at the head end in the first inner passage 221 to move all the container assemblies 100 in the first inner passage 221 in the reverse direction of the first direction until the container assemblies 100 located at the tail end in the first inner passage 221 reach the outlet 221b of the first inner passage.

The fourth drive assembly 234 includes a fifth urging structure 234a disposed adjacent the inlet 213a of the third outer channel, the fifth urging structure 234a for urging the container assembly 100 against movement in the first direction.

The fifth pushing structure 234a acts on the container assemblies 100 located at the head end in the third outer channel 213 to move all of the container assemblies 100 in the third outer channel 213 in the opposite direction of the first direction until the container assemblies 100 located at the tail end in the third outer channel 213 reach the inlet 212a of the second outer channel through the outlet 213b of the third outer channel.

The fifth drive assembly 235 includes a sixth pushing structure 235a disposed proximate to the outlet 221b of the first inner channel, the sixth pushing structure 235a for pushing the forward movement of the container assembly 100 in the second direction.

The sixth pushing structure 235a acts on the container assembly 100 at the trailing end of the first inner channel 221 to push it forward from the outlet 221b of the first inner channel in the second direction to the inlet 222a of the second inner channel.

The sixth drive assembly 236 includes a seventh pushing structure 236a disposed proximate the inlet 222a of the second inner passage, the seventh pushing structure 236a for pushing forward movement of the container assembly 100 in the first direction.

The seventh pushing structure 236a acts on the container assemblies 100 located at the head end in the second inner passage 222 to move all of the container assemblies 100 in the second inner passage 222 in the forward direction in the first direction until the container assemblies 100 located at the tail end in the second inner passage 222 reach the outlet 222b of the second inner passage.

The seventh drive assembly 237 includes an eighth pushing structure 237a disposed proximate the inlet 212a of the second outer channel, the eighth pushing structure 237a being configured to push the container assembly 100 against movement in the second direction.

The eighth urging structure 237a acts on the container assemblies 100 located at the leading end in the second outer channel 212 to move all of the container assemblies 100 in the second outer channel 212 in the opposite direction of the second direction until the container assemblies 100 located at the trailing end in the second outer channel 212 reach the inlet 211a of the first outer channel through the outlet 212b of the second outer channel.

By the cooperation of the first driving assembly 231, the second driving assembly 232, the third driving assembly 233, the fourth driving assembly 234, the fifth driving assembly 235, the sixth driving assembly 236 and the seventh driving assembly 237, the container assembly 100 in the first outer channel 211 can be moved to the first inner channel 221, the container assembly 100 in the first inner channel 221 can be moved to the second inner channel 222, the container assembly 100 in the second inner channel 222 can be moved to the third outer channel 213, the container assembly 100 in the third outer channel 213 can be moved to the second outer channel 212, and the container assembly 100 in the second outer channel 212 can be moved to the first outer channel 211, thereby realizing the cyclic movement of the container assembly 100 on the endless conveyor 200.

For example, as illustrated in fig. 2 and 3, taking the seventh driving assembly 237 as an example, the seventh driving assembly 237 may include a telescopic cylinder (e.g., an electric cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, or a pneumatic cylinder, etc.) disposed outside the inlet 212 of the second outer channel, and the eighth pushing structure 237a may be disposed at an end of a telescopic rod of the telescopic cylinder, such that the eighth pushing structure 237a may push the container assembly 100 to move reversely in the second direction when the telescopic rod is extended outwardly.

As shown in fig. 1,2, and 3, in some embodiments, the endless conveyor 200 includes at least two inner channel groups 220, each inner channel group 220 being provided with a third push structure 232b, a fourth push structure 233a, a sixth push structure 235a, and a seventh push structure 236a; all third pushing structures 232b are arranged in linkage, all fourth pushing structures 233a are arranged in linkage, all sixth pushing structures 235a are arranged in linkage, and all seventh pushing structures 236a are arranged in linkage.

Illustratively, all of the inner channel sets 220 may be juxtaposed in the second direction.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, the fourth pushing structures 233a are disposed on a side of the first connecting plate 232c near the inner channel group 220, and the third driving assembly 233 further includes a plurality of second connecting plates 233b, where the plurality of second connecting plates 233b are disposed between two adjacent fourth pushing structures 233a, so that all the fourth pushing structures 233a are disposed in linkage.

Illustratively, all of the fourth push structures 233a are integrally formed with the second web 233 b.

The second connection plate 233b is disposed at a side of the first connection plate 232c away from the inner channel group 220, and the fourth pushing structure 233a and the second connection plate 233b may be integrally formed by a plate material passing over the first connection plate 232 c.

It should be noted that, when the fourth pushing structure 233a acts on the container assembly 100, it does not act on the container assembly 100 located at the outlet 222b of the second inner channel. Two adjacent fourth push structures 233a are each capable of receiving a container assembly 100 therebetween.

Note that, the linkage manner of all sixth pushing structures 235a may be the same as that of the third pushing structure 232b, and the linkage manner of all seventh pushing structures 236a may be the same as that of the fourth pushing structure 233a, which will not be described herein.

As shown in fig. 5, taking the fourth pushing structure 233a as an example, when the endless conveyor 200 includes at least two inner channel groups 220, since all the fourth pushing structures 233a are disposed in linkage, the container assemblies 100 in all the first inner channels 221 can move synchronously under the action of the fourth pushing structure 233a, so that after the fourth pushing structure 233a is moved, all the container assemblies 100 located at the tail end of all the first inner channels 221 are located at the outlets 221b of the first inner channels. In other words, the container assemblies 100 located at the corresponding positions in all the inner lane groups 220 can be moved the same distance at the same time, contributing to the improvement of the overall transport efficiency of the circulation transport device 200.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 6, in some embodiments, the collection and detection unit 300 includes a frame 310 and a measurement driving component 330, the third outer channel 213 passes through the frame 310, the collection and measurement component 320 is disposed inside the frame 310, and the measurement driving component 330 is used to drive the collection and measurement component 320 to slide along a third direction (such as a Z direction in fig. 6); the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

By way of example, the acquisition measurement component 320 can include a camera (not shown).

By way of example, the acquisition measurement component 320 may include a processing module (not shown) that is electrically coupled to the camera, and the processing module may be a data storage processing chip. The camera may acquire plant images and the processing module may be used to receive the images and store them. Meanwhile, the processing module can be used for carrying out data processing on the image to obtain plant related data and storing the plant related data.

Illustratively, the collection measurement assembly 320 further includes a light supplement lamp (not shown) for eliminating ambient light effects. For example, the light supplement lamp may be a linear light supplement lamp.

Illustratively, the light supplementing lamps are provided in two and are respectively arranged at two opposite sides of the camera.

For example, the measurement driving assembly 330 may include a linear motor module (or a linear module, a linear sliding table, or a servo motor guide rail) fixed on the frame 310, and the collection and measurement assembly 320 may be fixedly connected (e.g. by a fastener such as a bolt) to a sliding member of the linear motor module, so as to enable the linear motor module to drive the collection and measurement assembly 320 to move along the third direction.

The linear motor module can be a RXSN ball screw linear module, the stroke of the linear motor module can be 50-1500 mm, the maximum load is 30kg, the positioning precision is 0.02mm, and high-precision linear motion driving can be realized.

The measurement driving assembly 330 drives the collection and measurement assembly 320 to move along the third direction, so that the distance between the camera and the container assembly 100 can be adjusted, and the clear plant image collected by the collection and measurement assembly 320 is ensured.

As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 6, in some embodiments, the top and side walls of the frame 310 are provided with a shutter 340, and a shutter opening 341 is provided through the shutter 340 perpendicular to the first direction, the shutter opening 341 being for passing the third outer channel 213 through the frame 310; the collection and detection unit 300 further includes a sliding plate 350, and a sliding plate driving assembly (not shown) for driving the sliding plate 350 to slide along a third direction; the slide shutter 350 can block at least a portion of the shutter opening 341.

Illustratively, the shutter 340 and the slide shutter 350 may be made of light-impermeable sheet materials.

Illustratively, the shutter 340 may be fixedly coupled to the frame 310 by means of fasteners such as welding, bolts, or the like, or by means of plugging.

For example, the slide plate driving assembly may include a linear motor module provided on the frame 310 or the light shielding plate 340, and the slide plate 350 may be fixedly coupled to a slider of the linear motor module.

When the driving unit 230 pauses to operate, the collecting and measuring assembly 320 is ready to perform phenotype collecting and measuring on the plant 400 in the container assembly 100 below the collecting and measuring assembly, the sliding plate driving assembly can drive the sliding baffle 350 to move downwards (i.e. towards the third outer channel 213) so as to shield the light-shielding plate opening 341 in a larger area, and form a camera-shooting environment in the frame 310 by matching with the light-shielding plate 340, so that a stable imaging environment can be provided for phenotype collecting, the definition, contrast and color accuracy of images are ensured, and meanwhile, better peak signal-to-noise ratio, visual information transmissibility and the like are provided for the subsequent processing.

When the collection and measurement assembly 320 completes the collection and measurement operation, the slide plate driving assembly may drive the slide plate 350 to move upward (i.e., away from the third outer channel 213) to avoid the slide plate 350 from obstructing the movement of the container assembly 100 or to avoid the slide plate 350 from striking the plants 400.

In some embodiments, the system further comprises a control unit disposed at the endless conveyor 200 and/or the acquisition detection unit 300; the control unit is electrically connected with the driving unit 230, and is used for controlling the driving unit 230 to drive the container assembly 100 to move to a specified position or controlling the driving unit 230 to stop; the control unit is electrically connected with the measurement driving assembly 330, and is used for controlling the measurement driving assembly 330 to drive the acquisition measuring assembly 320 to move to a specified position; the control unit is electrically connected with the slide plate driving assembly and is used for controlling the slide plate driving assembly to drive the slide plate 350 to move to a designated position; the control unit is electrically connected with the acquisition and measurement assembly 320 and is used for controlling the acquisition and measurement assembly 320 to acquire plant phenotype information.

For example, the control unit may be disposed at the bottoms of the inner and outer channel groups 220 and 210, or at the side walls of the outer channel group 210, or under the inner and outer channel groups 220 and 210, or within the frame 310.

The control unit may be a PLC controller, for example.

The control unit may be further connected to a communication module, for example, a 5G communication module, for communication connection with the cloud platform, and may receive a control instruction sent by the cloud platform or transmit plant-related data obtained by acquiring and/or processing an image of a plant.

The control unit may be electrically connected to the driving unit 230 by a wired or wireless manner so that the driving unit 230 can drive the container assembly 100 to move in the outer channel group 210 or the inner channel group 220 according to a predetermined direction and distance. After the container assembly 100 having not undergone image capturing moves below the capturing and measuring assembly 320, the control unit may control the driving unit 230 to stop, at which time the container assembly 100 on the endless conveyor 200 is kept stationary, so that the capturing and detecting unit 300 captures images of plants under the control of the control unit.

Illustratively, when the collection measurement assembly 320 includes a light supplement lamp, the control unit is further configured to control the light supplement lamp to be turned on, turned off, and adjusted in brightness.

As shown in fig. 7, in some embodiments, the container 110 is a flowerpot or a root-limiting planter, and the container assembly 100 further includes a base 120, and a positioning groove 121 for positioning the container 110 is provided on top of the base 120.

Illustratively, the bases 120 are connected to the containers 110 in a one-to-one correspondence, corresponding in number.

For example, the number of bases 120 provided on the endless conveyor 200 may be greater than the number of containers 110. That is, on the endless conveyor 200, a part of the base 120 stores the container 110 therein, and another part of the base 120 is left empty.

The container 110 may be selected according to the size of the plant 400 and the specifications of the recycling conveyor 200. When the plant 400 size and the size of the circulation leading device 200 are small, the container 110 may select a flowerpot; and when the size of the plant 400 and the specification of the circulation leading device 200 are large, the container 110 may select a root-limiting cultivation device.

After the container 110 planted with the plant 400 is placed in the positioning groove 121, the base 120 can position the container 110 through the positioning groove 121 so that the container 110 and the base 120 can move synchronously to form the container assembly 100.

Containers 110 of different sizes may be inserted into the base 120 of a size that matches them to form container assemblies 100 that fit the respective channel sizes of the endless conveyor 200. The universal capability of the endless conveyor 200 can be enhanced by the base 120 so that containers 110 of different sizes can be moved normally and circularly on the same endless conveyor 200.

Based on the same inventive concept, in combination with the description of the high-throughput plant phenotype detection system of each embodiment, this embodiment provides a high-throughput plant phenotype detection method, which has the corresponding technical effects of the system of each embodiment, and is not described herein again.

As shown in fig. 8, this example provides a high throughput plant phenotype detection method using the high throughput plant phenotype detection system of each of the examples described above. The plurality of container assemblies 100 are placed in the outer channel group 210 and the entire inner channel group 220 of the endless conveyor 200, and there is a moving space capable of accommodating at least one container assembly 100 in each of the first outer channel 211, the second outer channel 212, the first inner channel 221, and the second inner channel 222.

The high throughput plant phenotype detection method comprises the following steps:

Step S100, determining a target container assembly, and controlling the driving unit to execute at least one group of pushing actions until the target container assembly moves to a designated position below the acquisition and measurement assembly.

Illustratively, a plurality of container assemblies 100 disposed in the endless conveyor 200, including at least one container assembly 100 not currently undergoing image information acquisition for a current cycle, may be selectively disposed on the third outer channel 213

The container assembly 100 closest to the collection measurement assembly 320 in the forward direction of the first direction that is not being collected is the target container assembly. When the container assembly 100 is finished with the collection, the next non-collected container assembly 100 in the forward direction in the first direction or the next non-collected container assembly 100 spaced apart by at least one container assembly 100 may be determined as the next target container assembly.

After determining the target container assembly, the control unit may control the driving unit 230 to push the container assemblies 100 on the endless conveyor 200 so that all the container assemblies 100 are moved at least once until the target container assembly reaches a designated position (which may be, for example, an intersection position of the camera view axis of the collection and measurement assembly 320 and the third outer channel 213) below the collection and measurement assembly 320 after the movement.

In some embodiments, after the target container assembly moves to a designated position below the collection and measurement assembly, the slide plate driving assembly is controlled to drive the slide plate to move downwards so as to cover the opening of the light shielding plate.

In combination with the foregoing, the sliding shutter 350 moves downward to block the external light entering from the shutter opening 341, so that the inside of the frame 310 of the collection and detection unit 300 forms a camera bellows environment, which helps to improve the quality of the collected image.

And step S200, controlling the acquisition detection unit to acquire images of the target container assembly, and processing the images to obtain plant phenotype information.

After the target container assembly reaches the designated position below the collection measurement assembly 320, the control unit may control the collection detection unit 300 to take a photograph or scan of the plant 400 in the target container assembly to obtain an image.

In some embodiments, the image can be associated with the target container for storage, and the image associated with the target container can be used as plant phenotype information.

In some embodiments, the control unit may also perform calculation processing on the image to obtain plant-related data (such as phenotype group information of leaf length and leaf width, etc.), and store the plant-related data in association with the target container, where the plant-related data in association with the target container may also be used as plant phenotype information.

In some embodiments, the control unit may also send plant phenotype information to a remote cloud platform for post-processing and analysis.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, after the image capturing unit captures an image of the target container assembly, the slide plate driving assembly is controlled to drive the slide plate to move upwards.

After the collection measurement is completed, the upward movement of the slide shutter 350 can avoid the slide shutter 350 from obstructing the movement of the container assembly 100.

In some embodiments, the high throughput plant phenotype detection method further comprises: the steps S100 and S200 are circularly executed until the image acquisition is completed on all container assemblies on the circular conveying device. At this time, the collection and measurement of all plants in the current cycle are completed, and after the next cycle is started, the collection and measurement of all container assemblies 100 on the endless conveyor 200 can be performed again according to the above-described high-throughput plant phenotype detection method.

For plants grown in containers, it is desirable to record their plant phenotype information in a follow-up fashion during their growth. Therefore, the collection and measurement operation of plant phenotype information is required to be performed on all containers in the system one by one according to a predetermined period. Meanwhile, the system can automatically perform acquisition and measurement operations, so that 24-hour uninterrupted operation can be realized.

The predetermined period may be 12 hours, 24 hours, or 48 hours, for example.

During the collection process, the user can view the growth of plants in different container assemblies at different time periods in real time and generate output files containing various phenotype data measured for each container and each day of experiment. Both these phenotype data and time-varying environmental data are stored in the terminal server.

Through collected phenotype information, basic morphological indexes such as leaf length, leaf width and the like of plants are obtained through pixels and projection areas of images, so that references are provided for reasonably selecting and improving a crop phenotype identification evaluation method, and crop improvement is promoted.

Of course, only a portion of the container assembly 100 on the endless conveyor 200 may be subjected to the collection measurement during one of the cycles of the plant growing process, i.e., the sample collection measurement.

Wherein a set of push actions includes:

In step S210, the driving unit is controlled to simultaneously drive the container assembly located in the first outer channel to move to the outlet of the first outer channel, drive the container assembly located in the first inner channel to move to the outlet of the first inner channel, drive the container assembly located in the second inner channel to move to the outlet of the second inner channel, and drive the container assembly located in the third outer channel to move to the inlet of the second outer channel.

In the description of the placement of the container assembly 100 on the endless conveyor 200 shown in fig. 9 and 10, for clarity of illustration of the movement of the container assembly 100, the container assembly 100 is replaced with a rectangular block filled with oblique lines in fig. 10, instead of a plurality of container assemblies 100 that are closely attached to each other in each channel.

As shown in fig. 9, before the pushing action, the moving space in the first outer channel 211 may be located at the outlet 211b of the first outer channel. The moving space in the second outer channel 212 may be located at the inlet 212a of the second outer channel first. The movement space in the first inner passage 221 is located at the outlet 221b of the first inner passage, and the movement space in the second inner passage 222 is located at the outlet 222b of the second inner passage, i.e., the container assemblies 100 in the first inner passage 221 and the container assemblies 100 in the second inner passage 222 are arranged in a staggered manner.

The control unit controls the driving unit 230 to drive all the container assemblies 100 in the first outer channel 211 to move until the container assemblies 100 at the tail end in the first outer channel 211 move to the outlet 211b of the first outer channel; simultaneously, all the container assemblies 100 in the first inner channel 221 are driven to move until the container assemblies 100 at the tail end in the first inner channel 221 move to the outlet 221b of the first inner channel; simultaneously, all the container assemblies 100 in the second inner channel 222 are driven to move until the container assemblies 100 at the tail end in the second inner channel 222 move to the outlet 222b of the second inner channel; at the same time, all the container assemblies 100 in the third outer channel 213 are moved until the container assemblies 100 at the rear end in the third outer channel 213 are moved to the inlet 212a of the second outer channel.

At this time, the plurality of moving spaces on the circulation conveyer 200 are located at the inlet 211a of the first outer lane, the inlet 213a of the third outer lane, the inlet 221a of the first inner lane, and the inlet 222a of the second inner lane, respectively, as shown in fig. 10.

In step S220, the driving unit is controlled to simultaneously drive the container assembly located in the second outer channel to move to the inlet of the first outer channel through the outlet of the second outer channel, drive the container assembly located in the outlet of the first outer channel to move to the inlet of the first inner channel, drive the container assembly located in the outlet of the first inner channel to move to the inlet of the second inner channel, and drive the container assembly located between the outlet of the second inner channel and the inlet of the third outer channel to move to the inlet of the third outer channel.

After this step, the positions of all the container assemblies 100 on the endless conveyor 200 are restored to the positions before step S210, as shown in fig. 9.

It should be noted that the foregoing describes some embodiments of the present application. Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases, the actions or steps recited in the claims may be performed in a different order than in the embodiments described above and still achieve desirable results. In addition, the processes depicted in the accompanying figures do not necessarily require the particular order shown, or sequential order, to achieve desirable results. In some embodiments, multitasking and parallel processing are also possible or may be advantageous.

In the present application, each embodiment is described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment is mainly described and different from other embodiments, and the same or similar parts between the embodiments are referred to each other.

The description of the present application has been presented for purposes of illustration and description, and is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the application in the form disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the application and the practical application, and to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the application for various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: the discussion of any of the embodiments above is merely exemplary and is not intended to suggest that the scope of the application (including the claims) is limited to these examples; the technical features of the above embodiments or in the different embodiments may also be combined within the idea of the application, the steps may be implemented in any order, and there are many other variations of the different aspects of the embodiments of the application as described above, which are not provided in detail for the sake of brevity.

While the application has been described in conjunction with specific embodiments thereof, many alternatives, modifications, and variations of those embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description.

The present embodiments are intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications and variances which fall within the broad scope of the appended claims. Therefore, any omissions, modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, and the like, which are within the spirit and principles of the embodiments of the application, are intended to be included within the scope of the application.

Claims

1. A high throughput plant phenotype detection system comprising:

A plurality of container assemblies, each container assembly comprising a container and a cultivation substrate disposed within the container, the cultivation substrate being planted with a plant;

A circulating conveyor for circulating a plurality of the container assemblies; the circulating conveying device comprises an outer channel group, wherein the outer channel group comprises a first outer channel, a second outer channel and a third outer channel which are sequentially communicated end to end, the first outer channel and the third outer channel extend along a first direction, and the second outer channel extends along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; at least one inner channel group is further arranged between the first outer channel and the third outer channel, each inner channel group comprises a first inner channel and a second inner channel which extend along the first direction and are sequentially communicated end to end, an inlet of the first inner channel adjacent to the first outer channel is communicated with an outlet of the first outer channel, and an outlet of the second inner channel adjacent to the third outer channel is communicated with an inlet of the third outer channel; the circulating conveyor further comprises a driving unit, wherein the driving unit is used for driving the container assembly to circularly move between the outer channel group and the inner channel group;

the acquisition and detection unit comprises an acquisition and measurement assembly arranged above the third outer channel, and the acquisition and measurement assembly is used for acquiring the phenotype information of plants;

the driving unit includes:

a first drive assembly including a first pushing structure disposed proximate an inlet of the first outer channel, the first pushing structure for pushing forward movement of the container assembly in a first direction;

the second driving assembly comprises a second pushing structure and a third pushing structure, wherein the second pushing structure is arranged close to the outlet of the first outer channel, and the third pushing structure is arranged close to the outlet of the second inner channel; the second pushing structure is linked with the third pushing structure and is used for pushing the container assembly to move forward along a second direction;

a third drive assembly including a fourth pushing structure disposed proximate to the inlet of the first interior passage, the fourth pushing structure for pushing the container assembly in a reverse direction of the first direction;

A fourth drive assembly including a fifth urging structure disposed proximate the inlet of the third outer channel, the fifth urging structure for urging reverse movement of the container assembly in the first direction;

A fifth drive assembly including a sixth urging structure disposed proximate the outlet of the first inner passage, the sixth urging structure for urging forward movement of the container assembly in a second direction;

A sixth drive assembly including a seventh pushing structure disposed proximate to the inlet of the second inner passage, the seventh pushing structure for pushing forward movement of the container assembly in the first direction;

And a seventh drive assembly including an eighth urging structure disposed adjacent the inlet of the second outer channel for urging the container assembly against movement in the second direction.

2. The high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to claim 1 wherein the cyclical delivery apparatus comprises at least two inner channel sets, each inner channel set provided with the third push structure, the fourth push structure, the sixth push structure and the seventh push structure;

All third pushing structures are arranged in a linkage way, all fourth pushing structures are arranged in a linkage way, all sixth pushing structures are arranged in a linkage way, and all seventh pushing structures are arranged in a linkage way.

3. The high throughput plant phenotype detection system of claim 2, wherein the second drive assembly further comprises a plurality of first connection plates; the first connecting plates are respectively arranged between the second pushing structure and the adjacent third pushing structures and between the adjacent two third pushing structures, so that the second pushing structures and all the third pushing structures are in linkage arrangement.

4. A high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to claim 3 wherein the fourth pushing structure is disposed on a side of the first connection plate adjacent to the inner channel group, the third drive assembly further comprises a plurality of second connection plates disposed between two adjacent fourth pushing structures, respectively, such that all fourth pushing structures are disposed in linkage.

5. The high throughput plant phenotype detection system of claim 1, wherein the acquisition detection unit comprises a frame and a measurement drive assembly, the third outer channel passes through the frame, the acquisition measurement assembly is disposed inside the frame, and the measurement drive assembly is configured to drive the acquisition measurement assembly to slide along a third direction; the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction in pairs.

6. The high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to claim 5 wherein the top and side walls of the frame are provided with a light shield, the light shield perpendicular to the first direction is provided with a through light shield opening for the third outer channel to pass through the frame;

the collecting and detecting unit further comprises a sliding baffle and a sliding plate driving assembly for driving the sliding baffle to slide along the third direction; the sliding baffle can block at least part of the light shielding plate opening.

7. The high-throughput plant phenotype detection system of claim 6, further comprising a control unit disposed on the circulatory conveyance device and/or the collection detection unit;

the control unit is electrically connected with the driving unit and is used for controlling the driving unit to drive the container assembly to move to a specified position or controlling the driving unit to stop; the control unit is electrically connected with the measurement driving assembly and is used for controlling the measurement driving assembly to drive the acquisition and measurement assembly to move to a specified position; the control unit is electrically connected with the slide plate driving assembly and used for controlling the slide plate driving assembly to drive the slide baffle plate to move to a designated position; the control unit is electrically connected with the acquisition and measurement assembly and is used for controlling the acquisition and measurement assembly to acquire plant phenotype information.

8. The high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to claim 1 wherein the container is a flowerpot or a root limiting planter, the container assembly further comprising a base, the top of the base being provided with a locating slot for locating the container.

9. A method of high throughput plant phenotype detection using a high throughput plant phenotype detection system according to any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein a plurality of container assemblies are disposed within an outer channel set and an entire inner channel set in a cyclical delivery device, and wherein there is a mobile space within each of the first outer channel, the second outer channel, the first inner channel, and the second inner channel capable of housing at least one container assembly, the method comprising:

wherein a set of the push actions includes: