The world population is projected to reach to 9.6 billion people by 2050. With increasing population and improving living standards, the demand for food is accelerating. In order to meet increasing demand for food while the arable land and other resources are decreasing, agriculture needs all the tools available to sustainably increase crop yields. Development of effective GM traits to protect crops from abiotic and biotic stressors is a critical aspect of sustainable yield improvement. Efficient identification of traits and rapid integration of the traits into commercial elite germplasm requires robust and rapid traits testing. Monsanto have developed numerous high-throughput phenotyping platforms to support rapid trait identification and integration. Selected phenotyping platforms will be reviewed to gain understanding on how they are utilized for trait phenotyping.

• Dan Sung(Yield trait program, Monsanto, 110 TW Alexander Dr, RTP NC 27709)