Adaptive minirhizotron for pepper roots observation and its installation based on root system architecture traits

Abstract Background Root is the principal part of plants to absorb water and nutrient, anchor the plant and affect yield and quality. Non-destructive detection of root traits is difficult to perform due to the hidden nature of the root. Therefore, improved methods to measure roots are necessary to s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wei Lu, Xiaochan Wang, Fengjie Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Plant Methods
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13007-019-0414-z