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
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Language:English
Published: Springer Verlag 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52947/
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author Muller, Lukas
Bennett, Malcolm J.
French, Andy
Wells, Darren M.
Swarup, Ranjan
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description 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.
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spelling nottingham-529472019-03-11T04:30:10Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52947/ Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions Muller, Lukas Bennett, Malcolm J. French, Andy Wells, Darren M. Swarup, Ranjan 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. Springer Verlag 2018-03-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52947/1/Muller%20et%20al%20-root%20Gravitropism%20MiMB%20Book%20Chapter-Author%20approved%20copy.pdf Muller, Lukas, Bennett, Malcolm J., French, Andy, Wells, Darren M. and Swarup, Ranjan (2018) Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1761 . pp. 103-112. ISSN 1940-6029 Root gravitropism RooTrace Image analysis Arabidopsis https://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007%2F978-1-4939-7747-5_8 doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7747-5_8 doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7747-5_8
spellingShingle Root gravitropism
RooTrace
Image analysis
Arabidopsis
Muller, Lukas
Bennett, Malcolm J.
French, Andy
Wells, Darren M.
Swarup, Ranjan
Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions
title Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions
title_full Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions
title_fullStr Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions
title_full_unstemmed Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions
title_short Root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions
title_sort root gravitropism: quantification, challenges, and solutions
topic Root gravitropism
RooTrace
Image analysis
Arabidopsis
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