Counting pollen grains using readily available, free image processing and analysis software

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1005-1010

  Costa, Clayton M ^a   Yang, Suann ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carduus acanthoides; Carduus nutans; Image processing; ImageJ; Pollen grain count

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DIGITAL IMAGE; ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPH; POLLEN; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; BOTANY; CARDUUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; POLLEN;

BOTANY; CARDUUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POLLEN; SOFTWARE;

ASTERACEAE; CARDUUS ACANTHOIDES; CARDUUS NUTANS;

EID: 70349601677     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp186     Document Type: Article

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