The C4 grass pearl millet is one of the most drought tolerant cereals and is primarily grown
in marginal areas where annual rainfall is low and intermittent. It was domesticated in sub …

Roots assist plants in absorbing water and nutrients from soil. Thus, they are vital to the
survival of nearly all land plants, considering that plants cannot move to seek optimal …

Context Understanding the shoot-root characteristics and their interaction of maize is
essential to break the constraints of the densification process and improve grain yield …

Background 3D imaging, such as X-ray CT and MRI, has been widely deployed to study
plant root structures. Many computational tools exist to extract coarse-grained features from …

The root system is vital for anchorage, mobilizing water and nutrients and symbiosis with soil
microbes, which influence adaptation and crop performance. However, root traits are not …

The phenotyping of plant roots is essential for improving plant productivity and adaptation.
However, traditional techniques for assembling root phenotyping information are limited and …

Breeding annual crops for enhanced root depth and biomass is considered a promising
intervention to accrue soil organic carbon (SOC) in croplands, with benefits for climate …

Currently, plant phenomics is considered the key to reducing the genotype-to-phenotype
knowledge gap in plant breeding. In this context, breakthrough imaging technologies have …

X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a powerful tool for in situ plant root system architecture
(RSA) characterization. Accurate root segmentation from CT images is integral to studying …

Root phenotype detection is the basis for screening of dominant root and improving of seed
breeding. The efficiency of root phenotype detection is restricted by the concealment and …