ArticlePlant methods2022
Application of X-ray computed tomography to analyze the structure of sorghum grain.
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- X-ray computed tomography images of wheat kernels and reconstructed three-dimensional shapes.Scientific data · 2026Article
- A Multidimensional Approach to Cereal Caryopsis Development: Insights into Adlay (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A deep learning-based micro-CT image analysis pipeline for nondestructive quantification of the maize kernel internal structure.Plant phenomics (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Exploring the Impacts of Sorghum (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Water phase distribution and its dependence on internal structure in soaking maize kernels: a study using low-field nuclear magnetic resonance and X-ray micro-computed tomography.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Effect of Particle Size and Morphology of Siliceous Supplementary Cementitious Material on the Hydration and Autogenous Shrinkage of Blended Cement.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Non-Destructive Direct Pericarp Thickness Measurement of Sorghum Kernels Using Extended-Focus Optical Coherence Microscopy.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Research on the evolutionary history of the morphological structure of cotton seeds: a new perspective based on high-resolution micro-CT technology.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe structural characteristics of whole sorghum kernels are known to affect end-use quality, but traditional evaluation of this structure is two-dimensional (i.e., cross section of a kernel). Current technology offers the potential to consider three-dimensional structural characteristics of grain. X-ray computed tomography (CT) presents one such opportunity to nondestructively extract quantitative data from grain caryopses which can then be related to end-use quality.
resultsPhenotypic measurements were extracted from CT scans of grain sorghum caryopses. Extensive phenotypic variation was found for embryo volume, endosperm hardness, endosperm texture, endosperm volume, pericarp volume, and kernel volume. CT derived estimates were strongly correlated with ground truth measurements enabling the identification of genotypes with superior structural characteristics.
conclusionsPresented herein is a phenotyping pipeline developed to quantify three-dimensional structural characteristics from grain sorghum caryopses which increases the throughput efficiency of previously difficult to measure traits. Adaptation of this workflow to other small-seeded crops is possible providing new and unique opportunities for scientists to study grain in a nondestructive manner which will ultimately lead to improvements end-use quality.
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