Machine Vision Quantification of

Plant Growth and Development

Example Movies

The Team

Amir H. Assadi - CoPI

Nicola J. Ferrier - CoPI

Edgar P. Spalding - PI

Tessa Durham Brooks

Nathan D. Miller

Candace Randall Moore

 Ram Subramanian

Ioan Vlad Uilecan

Liya Wang

The Location

Department of Botany

University of Wisconsin

Some Results

Example Images

Gravitropism

Seed Size

Example Movies

Hardware

Computers

Camera-Controlling Robot

Sample Grid Fixture

Image Acquisition Apparatus

This movie shows a novel adaptive local PCA-based method for tracking the growth and shape of a seedling hypocotyl as it responds to blue light.

This movie shows how the same method can be modified to quantify root branching.