Root box for obtaining crop phenotype

Abstract

The invention discloses a root box for obtaining a crop phenotype. According to the root box provided by the invention, a support for supporting side baffle plates and light-transmitting plates is formed via a root box framework and a bottom plate; the support is connected to the side baffle plates and the light-transmitting plates to form a root system accommodation space of a flat rectangular structure; a root box upper end cover is further disposed on a top of the root box; a ground portion of a crop is grown from a through hole in a middle of the root box upper end cover, and a root systemof an underground portion of the crop is grown in the root system accommodation space and grown next to inner sidewalls of the light-transmitting plates due to limitation of front and rear light-transmitting plates; and a detailed characteristic of a root system structure can be directly observed via the light-transmitting plates. Therefore, the invention can conveniently analyze an image including a crop underground phenotype characteristic, directly obtained via a common image obtaining device, via the light-transmitting plates by removing a light shading plate out of the root box; the obtaining process is simple and convenient, the hardware cost is low and the crop growth is not affected; and a change condition of the underground phenotype characteristic of the crop can be tracked conveniently and regularly within a full period of the growth.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of crop phenotype analysis, in particular to a root box for obtaining crop phenotypes. Background technique [0002] In order to breed superior crop varieties, it is necessary to continuously measure the changes in phenotypic characteristics and physiological parameters caused by organ growth during the growth of crops. At present, the traditional artificial climate chamber has the function of cultivating crops. The research on the function of measuring phenotype mainly relies on manual observation and measurement to describe the external characteristics of crops, so as to obtain the relationship between genotype, environmental factors and crop phenotype. This work often relies on manual detection of individual traits of small samples of plants, so the amount of data is limited, the efficiency is low, and it is difficult to carry out comprehensive analysis of multiple traits of plants. error. With the rapi...

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Problems solved by technology

In the CT mode, the fine structures in the root system, such as capillary roots, cannot be known and cannot be detected

And the crop cultivation environment is not suitable for CT equipment

[0005] Other methods, such as the nail plate method, container method, root washing method, and other traditional root phenotype measurement methods are destructive and time-consuming to the crop root system

The recording and measurement data of these traditional measurement methods are error-prone and inefficient

The commonly used computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologies can detect and reconstruct objects with obvious root structures, but they are expensive and inefficient, and the X-rays they use will damage the human body. Produce some radiation damage with plants

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