1991 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Quantitative analysis of root system architecture of crop plants
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02660012
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
作物
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
TATSUMI Jiro Nagoya University, Faculty of Agriculture, Associate Professor, 農学部, 助教授 (00163486)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOSHIDA Shigekata Nagoya University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (20023450)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1990 – 1991
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| Keywords | Root system / Morphology / Fractal / Image database |
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this study is to ; 1) develop a computer aided system for root image acquisition, analysis and accumulation for laboratory use using a personal computer, 2) develop a morphometric model for describing and simulating the growth of root system. The results obtained are ;
1. A small system constructed with a personal computer, an image scanner and a magneto-optic disk drive is useful for the acquisition, analysis and accumulation of image data of the root system particularly when root samples are prepared and processed with a root box-needle board method. 2. It was shown that the morphology of root systems of legumes studied could be described with a fractal model, having a fractal dimension ranging from 1.2 to 1.7 within a scale range around 0.18 to 20 mm. 3. The fractal dimension (D) of the root system was increased with plant growth, showing an intimate correlation with a total root length (L) of the system. 4. The positive correlation between D and the total number of root apex (A) of the system was found, however, the correlation coefficient was lower than that for the relation between D and L. 5. It was concluded that D could be an useful parameter for describing and modeling the root system architecture.
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