From lab to field, new approaches to phenotyping root system architecture

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-317

  Zhu, Jinming ^a   Ingram, Paul A ^a   Benfey, Philip N ^a,b   Elich, Tedd ^a  

^a GrassRoots Biotechnology   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PLANT ROOT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELLS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79957745215     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2011.03.020     Document Type: Review

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