Gel observation chamber for rapid screening of root traits in cereal seedlings

By Anthony Glyn Bengough, D. C. Gordon, H. Al-Menaie, R. Ellis, D. Allan, R. Keith, W. T. B. Thomas, Brian P. Forster. Plant and Soil, 2004

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science

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Measuring root traits in barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare and ssp. spontaneum) seedlings using gel chambers, soil sacs and X-ray microtomography (2009, methodology): “This system preserved the orientation of roots in 2D space, and allowed non-invasive, sequential measurements of the root system (Bengough et al. 2004).”
Traits and selection strategies to improve root systems and water uptake in water-limited wheat crops. (2012, background): “…angle in seedlings have included, in order of increasing sophistication, germination paper pouches (Liao et al., 2001), semi-hydroponics (Chen et al., 2011), gel-filled chambers (Bengough et al., 2004), and three-dimensional gel-based imaging setups (Iyer-Pascuzzi et al., 2010; Clark et al., 2011).”
Morphological and architectural development of root systems in sorghum and maize (2010, unknown): “Early screens for root architecture have been developed for maize (Hochholdinger et al. 2004; Hund et al. 2009), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) (Hargreaves et al. 2009), and wheat (Bengough et al. 2004; Manschadi et al. 2008).”
Plant phenotyping: from bean weighing to image analysis (2015, background): “There, the root either grows in paper rolls [85] on the surface of germination papers [86,87], or gels [88-90], in air regularly sprayed with nutrient solution [91] or in aerated aqueous solutions [92].”
Genotypic variation in seedling root architectural traits and implications for drought adaptation in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (2008, methodology): “In this study, we adopted the method of gel-filled chambers combined with digital imaging, described by Bengough et al. (2004), to investigate genotypic variation in seminal root characteristics among a set of wheat genotypes.”
Root Phenotyping for Drought Tolerance: A Review (2018, background): “in wheat seedlings have been associated with more compact and deeper roots in wheat [50].”