Developing X-ray computed tomography to non-invasively image 3-D root systems architecture in soil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-22

  Mooney, S J ^a   Pridmore, T P ^a   Helliwell, J ^a   Bennett, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Rhizosphere; Roots; Soil; X ray Computed Tomography

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINE ROOT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PORE SPACE; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84858004392     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1039-9     Document Type: Review

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