Equipment :

HIRROS (High Resolution Root Scanner)

Associated technologies :

Image analysis sofware RootSystemTracker

Brief description :

Imaging of in vitro grown seedlings (120x120mm or 240x240mm plates).

Automatic images acquisition for root and root system architecture analysis of seedlings from various species including  (Arabidopsis thaliana, tomato, rape seeds, medicago, rice…)

Technical description :
  • Autonomous management of plates up to 72 large plates (240x240mm ) or 200 small plates (120x120mm). Gestion autonome jusqu’à 200 boites 12×12 cm ou 72 boites 24×24 cm
  • Imaging frequency from 2h to 24h
  • Safe storage data system

Imaging

  •  LED back ligth
  • Telecentric objective
  • 16 Mp digital linear camera (20 µm resolution)

Dedicated growth chamber

  • Temperature (12 to 35°C),
  • Hygrometry (50% to 95%),
  • Lighting: Vegeled Floodlight (40 to 350 µE)
  • Photoperiod from 0 to 24H