Fig. 1
From: An automated, cost-effective and scalable, flood-and-drain based root phenotyping system for cereals
Overview of the state-of-art methods that are used in the field of plant roots phenotyping. The available methods can be characterised as soil-grown (a–e) or artificial media (f–i) systems. a Borescope that is used to visualise plant roots, either directly in the soil or through minirhizotron tubes. b Facility used for washing the soil cores derived from field. c Rhizoboxes that act as small rhizotrons for cereal seedlings. d Transparent soil column. e Nanotom Micro-CT scanner (Phoenix/GE Systems) that is used for the 3D reconstruction of roots in soil cores. f Aeroponics system for cereal seedlings. g Rhizoscope system that is based on hydroponics and adapted for rice. h Root pouches made of a filter paper. i Agarose plates that are used to screen seedlings. b, e, h—Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham, a, c, d—Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, f—Department of Genetics, University of Silesia, G, i—Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement. Phot. M. Slota]