A scanner system for high-resolution quantification of variation in root growth dynamics of Brassica

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2039-2048

  Adu, Michael O ^a,b   Chatot, Antoine ^a,c   Wiesel, Lea ^a   Bennett, Malcolm J ^b   Broadley, Martin R ^b   White, Philip J ^a   Dupuy, Lionel X ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Architecture; High throughput; High resolution; Model; Nitrogen; Phenotyping; Phosphorus; Root

Indexed keywords

BOTANY; BRASSICA RAPA; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TIME; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

BOTANY; BRASSICA RAPA; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PLANT ROOTS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84898988585     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru048     Document Type: Article

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