PHENOTYPING REMAINS THE MAJOR COST OF WHEAT BREEDING, EVEN WITH GENOMIC SELECTION INCORPORATED. VARIETY ASSESSMENTS ARE RESTRICTED TO LIMITED LOCATIONS AT THE MAXIMUM SCALE OF EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS. DEVELOPING A HIGH-THROUGHPUT PHENOMICS SYSTEM IS CRITICALLY NEEDED TO COMPREHENSIVELY EVALUATE WHEAT VARIETIES UNDER REAL ENVIRONMENTS AT THE PRODUCTION SCALE. ABUNDANTLY AVAILABLE SATELLITE IMAGERY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FIT THIS NEED. HOWEVER, THE PATH IS CURRENTLY BLOCKED BY A TECHNICAL ONE DIFFICULTY: HOW TO IDENTIFY VARIETIES GROWING IN PARTICULAR FIELDS AT SPECIFIC TIMES. TO TACKLE THIS DIFFICULTY, WE PROPOSE GROW THE RELEVANT WHEAT VARIETIES AND IMAGE THEM WITH SATELLITE-LIKE SPECTROMETERS BY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVS) AT EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS. THEN WE MATCH THE KNOW VARIETIES IN EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS WITH THE VARIETIES IN PRODUCTION FIELDS FROM SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE MAJORITY OF WHEAT VARIETIES ADAPTED TO THE PALOUSE HAVE BEEN GENOTYPED AND PHENOTYPED ON THEIR AGRONOMIC TRAITS. WE WILL USE THE GENETIC MARKERS TO SUPERVISE THE ALIGNMENT OF VARIETIES ON UAV AND SATELLITE IMAGERY. THE ALIGNMENT WILL BE VALIDATED BY THE SEED PRODUCTION FIELDS WHICH HAVE ENOUGH SATELLITE PIXELS. THE EXISTING AGRONOMIC TRAIT PHENOTYPES ON THE EXPERIMENTAL PLOTS WILL AID IN IDENTIFYING THE HERITABLE SATELLITE IMAGERY FEATURES. ALL DATA TOGETHER WILL BE USED TO PREDICT AGRONOMIC TRAITS FOR PARTICULAR VARIETIES AT PARTICULAR FIELDS TO EVALUATE THE MAIN EFFECTS OF VARIETIES, THE MAIN EFFECTS OF FIELDS, AND VARIETY-FIELD INTERACTIONS. BECAUSE THE PALOUSE IS A REGION WITH EXTENSIVE VARIATION IN PRECIPITATION LEVELS AND LANDSCAPE FORMS, THIS PROJECT'S METHODS AND RESULTS SHOULD BE TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER CROPS AND REGIONS.