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Applications of High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping to Study Nutrient Use Efficiency

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Plant Mineral Nutrients

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 953))

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Remote sensing and spectral reflectance measurements of plants has long been used to assess the growth and nutrient status of plants in a noninvasive manner. With improved imaging and computer technologies, these approaches can now be used at high-throughput for more extensive physiological and genetic studies. Here, we present an example of how high-throughput imaging can be used to study the growth of plants exposed to different nutrient levels. In addition, the color of the leaves can be used to estimate leaf chlorophyll and nitrogen status of the plant.

Parts of this chapter were adapted from a volume on Plant Salt Tolerance and High-throughput Phenotyping in Plants within the series of Methods in Molecular Biology with the permission of the editors.

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  1. The Plant Accelerator, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA, Australia

    Bettina Berger & Bas de Regt

  2. Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA, Australia

    Mark Tester

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  1. University of York, Biology Department Area 9, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom

    Frans J.M. Maathuis

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Berger, B., de Regt, B., Tester, M. (2013). Applications of High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping to Study Nutrient Use Efficiency. In: Maathuis, F. (eds) Plant Mineral Nutrients. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 953. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-152-3_18

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