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ArticlePeerJ2017

PlantCV v2: Image analysis software for high-throughput plant phenotyping.

Malia A Gehan, Noah Fahlgren, Arash Abbasi, Jeffrey C Berry, Steven T Callen, Leonardo Chavez, Andrew N Doust, Max J Feldman, Kerrigan B Gilbert, John G Hodge and 9 more

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137 citing papers in PubMed.

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19 authors.

Malia A Gehan *Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Noah Fahlgren *Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Arash AbbasiDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Jeffrey C BerryDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Steven T CallenDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Leonardo ChavezDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Andrew N DoustDepartment of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America.
Max J FeldmanDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Kerrigan B GilbertDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
John G HodgeDepartment of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America.
J Steen HoyerDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Andy LinDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Suxing LiuArkansas Biosciences Institute, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, United States of America.
César LizárragaDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Argelia LorenceArkansas Biosciences Institute, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, United States of America.
Michael MillerDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Eric PlatonCosmos X, Tokyo, Japan.
Monica TessmanDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.
Tony SaxMissouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, United States of America.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systems for collecting image data in conjunction with computer vision techniques are a powerful tool for increasing the temporal resolution at which plant phenotypes can be measured non-destructively. Computational tools that are flexible and extendable are needed to address the diversity of plant phenotyping problems. We previously described the Plant Computer Vision (PlantCV) software package, which is an image processing toolkit for plant phenotyping analysis. The goal of the PlantCV project is to develop a set of modular, reusable, and repurposable tools for plant image analysis that are open-source and community-developed. Here we present the details and rationale for major developments in the second major release of PlantCV. In addition to overall improvements in the organization of the PlantCV project, new functionality includes a set of new image processing and normalization tools, support for analyzing images that include multiple plants, leaf segmentation, landmark identification tools for morphometrics, and modules for machine learning.

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Computer visionImage analysisMachine learningMorphometricsPlant phenotyping

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PMID29209576
PMCPMC5713628

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