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GLO-Roots: an imaging platform enabling multidimensional characterization of soil-grown root systems.
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110 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Responses of root system architecture to water stress at multiple levels: A meta-analysis of trials under controlled conditions.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Pooled it
- Advances in root phenotyping: high-throughput imaging, computational tools, and integrative approaches for crop improvement.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Review
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- Multimodal learning reveals plants' hidden sensory integration logic.BMC genomics · 2026Article
- Gnotobiotic growth and phosphorus limitation of Arabidopsis thaliana and co-occurring microbes on phosphated iron oxides.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Article
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- Beyond efficiency: The multi-scale architecture of robust water transport in plants.Quantitative plant biology · 2026Review
- Climate-Resilient Crops: Integrating AI, Multi-Omics, and Advanced Phenotyping to Address Global Agricultural and Societal Challenges.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- ClearDepth Method for Evaluations of Root Depth in Soil-Filled Pots.Bio-protocol · 2025Article
- Translational insights into abiotic interactions: From Arabidopsis to crop plants.The Plant cell · 2025Review
- RPT: An integrated root phenotyping toolbox for segmenting and quantifying root system architecture.Plant biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- ClearDepth: a simple, robust, and low-cost method to assess root depth in soil.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025Article
- EcoBOT: an AI/ML enabled automated phenotyping capability for model plants.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Phosphate promotes Arabidopsis root skewing and circumnutation through reorganisation of the microtubule cytoskeleton.The New phytologist · 2024Article
- Advancing hyperspectral imaging techniques for root systems: a new pipeline for macro- and microscale image acquisition and classification.Plant methods · 2024Article
- Roles of Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation in Root Development.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- RhizoNet segments plant roots to assess biomass and growth for enabling self-driving labs.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Root systems develop different root types that individually sense cues from their local environment and integrate this information with systemic signals. This complex multi-dimensional amalgam of inputs enables continuous adjustment of root growth rates, direction, and metabolic activity that define a dynamic physical network. Current methods for analyzing root biology balance physiological relevance with imaging capability. To bridge this divide, we developed an integrated-imaging system called Growth and Luminescence Observatory for Roots (GLO-Roots) that uses luminescence-based reporters to enable studies of root architecture and gene expression patterns in soil-grown, light-shielded roots. We have developed image analysis algorithms that allow the spatial integration of soil properties, gene expression, and root system architecture traits. We propose GLO-Roots as a system that has great utility in presenting environmental stimuli to roots in ways that evoke natural adaptive responses and in providing tools for studying the multi-dimensional nature of such processes.
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