On behalf of Gernot Bodner:

Dear root research-, imaging and phenotyping colleagues,

Finally we have established our "Hyperspectral root imaging system" at BOKU. The system allows imaging of plant roots up to more advanced development stages (about 1 meter rooting depth) in the near infrared range (900-1700 nm; 256 bands) and provides a spatial resolution of 0.1 mm. 

https://plantmethods.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13007-018-0352-1

The NIR imaging particularly allows comparatively high resolution water mapping in the root zone to study water uptake/depletion of single root axes; potentially the spectral features can be used to detect a range of different chemical properties of root and soil encoded in spectral features.

In case of interest, don't hesitate to contact us for any possible application. We would be happy to show the system working and extend its usability for the root research/phenotyping community.

Best regards

Gernot Bodner

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Priv. Doz. DI Dr. Gernot Bodner

Dept. f. Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften / Dept. of Crop Sciences

Abt. Pflanzenbau / Division of Agronomy

Universität für Bodenkultur Wien / University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Konrad Lorenzstr. 24, A-3430 Tulln, Austria

Phone: +43 (0)1 47654-95115

WWW: www.dnw.boku.ac.at