Automated imaging system looks underground to help improve crops
Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 10, 2014 - Plant scientists are working to improve important food crops such as rice, maize, and beans to meet the food needs of a growing world population. However, boosting crop output will require improving more than what can be seen of these plants above the ground. Root systems are essential to gathering water and nutrients, but understanding what's happening in these unseen parts of the plants has un ... more
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