A review of imaging techniques for plant phenotyping

L Li, Q Zhang, D Huang - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Given the rapid development of plant genomic technologies, a lack of access to plant
phenotyping capabilities limits our ability to dissect the genetics of quantitative traits …

Drought stress in wheat during flowering and grain-filling periods

M Farooq, M Hussain, KHM Siddique - Critical reviews in plant …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Drought is a major environmental stress threatening wheat productivity worldwide. Global
climate models predict changed precipitation patterns with frequent episodes of drought …

Future scenarios for plant phenotyping

F Fiorani, U Schurr - Annual review of plant biology, 2013 - annualreviews.org
With increasing demand to support and accelerate progress in breeding for novel traits, the
plant research community faces the need to accurately measure increasingly large numbers …

Plant phenotyping research trends, a science mapping approach

C Costa, U Schurr, F Loreto, P Menesatti… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Modern plant phenotyping, often using non-invasive technologies and digital technologies,
is an emerging science and provides essential information on how genetics, epigenetics …

Direct comparison of MRI and X-ray CT technologies for 3D imaging of root systems in soil: potential and challenges for root trait quantification

R Metzner, A Eggert, D van Dusschoten, D Pflugfelder… - Plant methods, 2015 - Springer
Background Roots are vital to plants for soil exploration and uptake of water and nutrients.
Root performance is critical for growth and yield of plants, in particular when resources are …

Quantitative 3D analysis of plant roots growing in soil using magnetic resonance imaging

D van Dusschoten, R Metzner, J Kochs… - Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Precise measurements of root system architecture traits are an important requirement for
plant phenotyping. Most of the current methods for analyzing root growth require either …

Challenges of modifying root traits in crops for agriculture

R Meister, MS Rajani, D Ruzicka, DP Schachtman - Trends in plant science, 2014 - cell.com
Roots play an essential role in the acquisition of water and minerals from soils. Measuring
crop root architecture and assaying for changes in function can be challenging, but …

Soil conditions and cereal root system architecture: review and considerations for linking Darwin and Weaver

SM Rich, M Watt - Journal of experimental botany, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Charles Darwin founded root system architecture research in 1880 when he described a
root bending with gravity. Curving, elongating, and branching are the three cellular …

Modelling root–soil interactions using three–dimensional models of root growth, architecture and function

VM Dunbabin, JA Postma, A Schnepf, L Pagès… - Plant and soil, 2013 - Springer
Background Three–dimensional root architectural models emerged in the late 1980s,
providing an opportunity to conceptualise and investigate that all important part of plants that …

Matching roots to their environment

PJ White, TS George, PJ Gregory… - Annals of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background Plants form the base of the terrestrial food chain and provide medicines, fuel,
fibre and industrial materials to humans. Vascular land plants rely on their roots to acquire …