Aims Root branching is a fundamental phenotypic property of a root system. In this paper we present a system for the fully automated detection and classification of root tips in root images obtained ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 34, No. 9 (Nov., 1947), pp. 455-462 (8 pages) In this survey of root tip structure in vascular plants it is found that the three dermal layers, epidermis, hypodermis ...

Corn was domesticated from its ancestor teosinte in central Mexico beginning about 9,000 years ago by humans selectively ...

Nodal root damage during V1 and V5 growth stages can delay development and severely stunt corn plants. Around the V3 growth stage, corn is transitioning from relying on kernel reserves to relying ...