Quantifying the effect of soil moisture content on segmenting root system architecture in X-ray computed tomography images

Plant and Soil

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 35-45

  Zappala, Susan ^a   Mairhofer, Stefan ^a   Tracy, Saoirse ^a   Sturrock, Craig J ^a   Bennett, Malcolm ^a   Pridmore, Tony ^a   Mooney, Sacha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Plant root; Rhizosphere; Root architecture; Segmentation; Soil moisture; X ray micro computed tomography (CT)

Indexed keywords

CLAY LOAM; LOAMY SAND; PORE SPACE; RICE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84881612680     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1596-1     Document Type: Article

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