TY - JOUR AU - Green, Jason M. AU - Appel, Heidi AU - Rehrig, Erin MacNeal AU - Harnsomburana, Jaturon AU - Chang, Jia-Fu AU - Balint-Kurti, Peter AU - Shyu, Chi-Ren PY - 2012 DA - 2012/11/06 TI - PhenoPhyte: a flexible affordable method to quantify 2D phenotypes from imagery JO - Plant Methods SP - 45 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Accurate characterization of complex plant phenotypes is critical to assigning biological functions to genes through forward or reverse genetics. It can also be vital in determining the effect of a treatment, genotype, or environmental condition on plant growth or susceptibility to insects or pathogens. Although techniques for characterizing complex phenotypes have been developed, most are not cost effective or are too imprecise or subjective to reliably differentiate subtler differences in complex traits like growth, color change, or disease resistance. SN - 1746-4811 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4811-8-45 DO - 10.1186/1746-4811-8-45 ID - Green2012 ER -