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All seeds have a certain number of cotyledons, or seed leaves, which end up serving a variety of functions depending on the plant species. All angiosperms (flowering plants) have either one or two of these cotyledons (hence the terms monocot and dicot), and this difference ends up playing ...
systemsbiology approaches have been successful in shedding light on complex biological processes, for instance molecular mechanisms involving the quantitative interaction of several molecular components, or the interaction of large numbers of genes. However, there are significant limitations in many of these...
Schematic outline of typical processing and analysis steps for 3D plant phenotyping. Through an active (1.a) or passive (1.b) 3D acquisition method, either a depth map (2.a), a point cloud (2.b) or a voxel grid (2.c) is obtained. After a number of preprocessing steps consisting of...
Computer vision technology is moving more and more towards a three-dimensional approach, and plant phenotyping is following this trend. However, despite its potential, the complexity of the analysis of 3D representations has been the main bottleneck hind
Seeds of many plants will not germinate until they have been stratified. The hypocotyl pushes upward, forming the stem and pulling the cotyledon up through the soil with it. Seedling This phase usually lasts several weeks. The cotyledon supplies food to the young plant. The epicotyl, or top ...