High-throughput imaging and analysis of root system architecture in Brachypodium distachyon under differential nutrient availability

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1595, 2012, Pages 1559-1569

  Ingram, Paul A ^a   Zhu, Jinming ^a   Shariff, Aabid ^a   Davis, Ian W ^a   Benfey, Philip N ^a,b   Elich, Tedd ^a  

^a GrassRoots Biotechnology   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachypodium distachyon; High throughput imaging; Image analysis; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Root system architecture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOME; GRASS; HERITABILITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORUS; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM;

EID: 84859937797     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0241     Document Type: Article

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