RGB and Spectral Root Imaging for Plant Phenotyping and Physiological Research: Experimental Setup and Imaging ProtocolsGernot Bodner 1, Mouhannad Alsalem 1, Alireza Nakhforoosh 1, Thomas Arnold 2, Daniel Leitner 3,4
1Division of Agronomy, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 2Carinthian Tech Research AG, High Tech Campus Villach, 3Computational Science Center, University of Vienna, 4Simulationswerkstatt
An experimental protocol is presented for assessment of soil grown plant root systems with RGB and hyperspectral imaging. Combination of RGB image time series with chemometric information from hyperspectral scans optimizes insights into plant root dynamics.