Root-VIS
Laboratory of Plant Physiology & Biophysics @ University of Glasgow
Overview
| Measured variables | data-analysis, data-visualization |
|---|---|
| Operating system | windows |
| Licence | freeware |
| Automation level | automated |
| Plant requirements | Arabidopsis |
| Export formats | csv |
| Other information | requires EZ-Rhizo or RSML datafiles to work |
Scientific article(s)
EZ-Root-VIS: A Software Pipeline for the Rapid Analysis and Visual Reconstruction of Root System ArchitectureZaigham Shahzad,Fabian Kellermeier,Emily M. Armstrong,Simon Rogers,Guillaume Lobet,Anna Amtmann,Adrian HillsPlant Physiology, 2018 View paper
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Description
If we want to understand how the environment has shaped the appearance and behavior of living creatures we need to compare groups of individuals that differ in genetic make-up and environment experience. For complex phenotypic features, such as body posture or facial expression in humans, comparison is not straightforward because some of the contributing factors cannot easily be quantified or averaged across individuals. Therefore, computational methods are used to reconstruct representative prototypes using a range of algorithms for filling in missing information and calculating means. The same problem applies to the root system architecture (RSA) of plants. Several computer programs are available for extracting numerical data from root images but they usually do not offer customized data analysis or visual reconstruction of RSA. We have developed Root-VIS, a free software tool, which facilitates the determination of means and variance of many different RSA features across user-selected sets of root images. Furthermore, Root-VIS offers several options to generate visual reconstructions of root systems from the averaged data to enable screening and modeling. We have confirmed the suitability of Root-VIS, combined with a new version of EZ-Rhizo, for the rapid characterization of genotype-environment interactions and gene discovery through genome-wide association studies in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana).
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Source: Plant Physiology article