A robot-assisted imaging pipeline for tracking the growths of maize ear and silks in a high-throughput phenotyping platform
Abstract Background In maize, silks are hundreds of filaments that simultaneously emerge from the ear for collecting pollen over a period of 1–7 days, which largely determines grain number especially under water deficit. Silk growth is a major trait for drought tolerance in maize, but its phenotypin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Plant Methods |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13007-017-0246-7 |