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VSI - Growth Pouch Systems for Root Phenotyping

FromVienna Scientific Instruments GmbH (VSI)

Growth pouch systems are suitable for screening root system architectures of large numbers of seedlings in a rapid and cost-effective manner - enabeling high-throughput root phenotyping platforms. Such root phenotyping systems allow the lengths, branching and angles of different root types to be measured, which form the basis of models to generate RSAs of crop genotypes and estimate the consequences for soil exploration and resource uptake. Pouch systems using plants grown vertically on germination paper have been successfully used in seedling screens for many years and species - including bean, maize, wheat, oilseed rape, and pearl millet. The measurement of root traits such as root numbers and branching angles has shown to hold predictive value for breeding crops with greater yields and stress tolerance. Researchers have used germination pouch set-ups of many different configurations and VSI will thus custom-made manufacture growth pouch systems meeting your requirements.