Comparing Results from 2-D and 3-D Phenotyping Systems for Soybean Root System Architecture: A ‘Comparison of Apples and Oranges’?

François Belzile, Waldiodio Seck, Prabhjot Sanghera, Liwen Han, Pierre Dutilleul, Konstantinos E Vlachonasios · 2024

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Francois Belzile and co-authors ask whether flat and three-dimensional root maps of soybean can be compared at all. Their 2024 study revisits a flat study of 137 soybean kinds grown in thin boxes. The new work grows the two most unlike kinds in sand pots and scans them with X-ray tomography for a true 3D read.

Root traits that split the pair in flat view shift in 3D, the team finds. One trait, a measure of root branching tangle, kept its order but changed its gap. Soil and growth stage differ between the setups, which clouds direct matches. The authors warn that cross-system claims need care, and frame their pilot as a bridge to full 3D work.

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CREATORFrançois Belzile, Waldiodio Seck, Prabhjot Sanghera, Liwen Han, Pierre Dutilleul, Konstantinos E Vlachonasios
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE22 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11644466

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