Electrical impedance tomography as a tool for phenotyping plant roots

Abstract Background Plant roots are complex, three-dimensional structures that play a central role in anchorage, water and nutrient acquisition, storage and interaction with rhizosphere microbes. Studying the development of the plant root system architecture is inherently difficult as soil is not a...

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Main Authors: Diego D. J. Corona-Lopez, Sarah Sommer, Stephen A. Rolfe, Frank Podd, Bruce D. Grieve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Plant Methods
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13007-019-0438-4