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Fig. 2 | Plant Methods

Fig. 2

From: Digital imaging of root traits (DIRT): a high-throughput computing and collaboration platform for field-based root phenomics

Fig. 2

DIRT Architecture. DIRT is programed within the framework of the Drupal content management system and can be configured to interact with any high-throughput grid computing environment. The iPlant installation uses the Agave API to communicate with the high-throughput computing environment. The Agave API is utilized to transfer images from the iPlant data store to the computing platform and execute the computation. Metadata is organized in a MySQL database. All customized Drupal modules are open source and provide the functionality for configuration and communication with remote high-throughput grid computing platform

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Plant Methods

ISSN: 1746-4811