The increasing human population and variable weather conditions, due to climate change,
pose a threat to the world's food security. To improve global food security, we need to …

Plant phenotyping studies the complex characteristics of plants, with the aim of evaluating
and assessing their condition and finding better exemplars. Recently, a new branch …

Plant regeneration is an important dimension of plant propagation and a key step in the
production of transgenic plants. However, regeneration capacity varies widely among …

Maturity is an important trait in dry pea breeding programs, but the conventional process
predominately used to measure this trait can be time-consuming, labor-intensive, and prone …

Plant root diseases threat plant growth and eventually cause plant death without proper
treatment. It is difficult to diagnose root diseases without digging the roots from the soil, and it …

Background: Root system architecture (RSA) is of growing interest in implementing plant
improvements with belowground root traits. Modern computing technology applied to …

Sorghum productivity in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa is very low, mainly due to limited
water availability. Roots are the primary conduit for plants to access moisture and nutrients …

Adventitious rooting (AR) is critical to the propagation, breeding, and genetic engineering of
trees. The capacity for plants to undergo this process is highly heritable and of a polygenic …

Plant phenomics aims to perform high-throughput, rapid, and accurate measurement of plant
traits, facilitating the identification of desirable traits and optimal genotypes for crop …

Introduction Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a highly nutritious leguminous forage that plays
an essential role in animal husbandry. In the middle and high latitudes of the northern …