Recording, processing and analysis of grass root images from a rhizotron

Plant and Soil

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-264

  Andrén, Olof ^a   Elmquist, Helena ^a   Hansson, Ann Charlotte ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

growth dynamics; image processing; Phalaris arundinacea; soil; video

Indexed keywords

PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PHRAGMITES; POACEAE;

IMAGE PROCESSING; REED CANARY-GRASS; RHIZOTRON; ROOT;

EID: 0030299201     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02257531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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