Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions

Better understanding of root traits such as root angle and root gravitropism will be crucial for development of crops with improved resource use efficiency. This paper describes a high-throughput, automated image analysis method to trace Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedling roots grown on aga...

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Main Authors: Muller, Lukas, Bennett, Malcolm J., French, Andy, Wells, Darren M., Swarup, Ranjan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Verlag 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52947/
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Summary:Better understanding of root traits such as root angle and root gravitropism will be crucial for development of crops with improved resource use efficiency. This paper describes a high-throughput, automated image analysis method to trace Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) seedling roots grown on agar plates. The method combines a ‘particle-filtering algorithm with a graph-based method’ to trace the centre line of a root and can be adopted for the analysis of several root parameters such as length, curvature, and stimulus from original root traces.