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Extending Hyperspectral Imaging for Plant Phenotyping to the UV-Range
Hyperspectral imaging is a powerful tool in phyisological phenotyping. In particular, assessments of plant disease can benefit from spectral imaging, and frequently non-visible wavelengths provide additional information to the spectral signatures derived from visible light. Together with our partners in the DePhenSe project we recently published a paper in [...]
LemnaTec PhenoCenter, the flexible automated laboratory phenotyping system for seedlings, Arabidopsis and beyond.
Biologists, agronomists, and breeders frequently use young seedlings for rapid testing of plant properties, features and responses. When screening large populations, such as mutants, transformants, crossings, or treatment-groups, test frequently are done with early stage seedlings (up to 20 cm height), detached leaves, or leaf disks. This enables saving [...]
21st Birthday of LemnaTec
Today, we celebrate 21 years of plant phenotyping expertise. Founded in 1998, LemnaTec has developed a comprehensive range of digital plant phenotyping and seed testing tools. Today, our expertise covers advanced, machine-learning based analytical software together with cutting-edge image- and data-acquisition hardware. Our imaging capacities [...]
Root Phenotyping with LemnaTec Software
Roots are challenging in any investigation – usually they are just not accessible because they are hidden in the substrate. Advanced phenotyping systems such as Growscreen Rhizo give access to roots, providing the best compromise of growing them in soil while having the possibility to observe them at a [...]
Building the next Germination Scanalyzer
New Germination Scanalyzer under construction Our next Germination Scanalyzer is under construction – when should we build YOUR digital seed test? A Germination Scanalyzer saves time, labour and money in routine seed testing. It measures seed germination and quality by analysing digital images using the advanced machine learning of [...]
Lunch & Learn at WSU
On April 22, 2019 LemnaTec Corporation held a Lunch & Learn event at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. During the lunch Dr. Todd M. DeZwaan, LemnaTec VP of Business Development, spoke on sensors and analytics for research and product development. He also demonstrated a new 16-channel LED lighting system [...]
Building a Greenhouse Scanalyzer for Sugar Cane Research
LemnaTec installed a new Conveyor Scanalyzer in the Greenhouse of the Guangxi Sugar Cane Institute LemnaTec has built a new conveyor-based Greenhouse Scanalyzer at the Sugarcane Research Institute of the Guangxi Academy of Agriculture Science, China. The system consists of an imaging loop including cabinets for visible light imaging [...]
Biostimulant Science
Prof. Menachem Moshelion, chief scientist at our partner plantDitech, is presenting a talk on "Screening for biostimulants effect on yield and drought tolerance using an innovative high-throughput physiological functional-phenotyping system" at the New Ag International Conference in Dublin on 28th March 2019. A summary is available here: http://www.plant-ditech.com/publications/blog/149-the-elusive-value-of-biostimulants
Growth cabinets – new at LemnaTec
LemnaTec offers climate cabinets and growth rooms LemnaTec offers a range of advanced climate cabinets, for plant growth and beyond. The climate-controlled units can serve for e.g. plant cultivation, seed germination, tissue culture, algae culture, or insect incubation. The chambers can harbour LED illumination that provides application-oriented light quality [...]
LemnaTec LabScanalyzer supports breeding for climate-resilient beans.
Beans are a key protein source for large parts of the world population, but bean plant cultivation is threatened by adverse climatic conditions. Breeding aims at improving future bean varieties for better yield performance under environmental stress. Researchers at the Mexican Colegio de Postgraduados Institute applied a LemnaTec LabScanalyzer [...]
Phenotyping – to measure the inaccessible
Researchers at Rothamsted operate the LemnaTec Field Scanalyzer to phenotype wheat crops. The machine essentially is watching the plants grow, but by doing this, we get insights that are never possible without technology. Not only that no human will continuously carry out measurements throughout the whole growth period, the [...]
LemnaTec, the digital toolbox for the phenes that follow the genes
Genotype and Phenotype are inseparable. Genes are the building and operating directions of the organism and the phenotypic properties are describing the appearance of the organism in its environment. Consequently, any genotype-related work immediately demands for measuring the resulting phenotypes. Nowadays genomic work is very widespread and makes [...]
Phenoseeder – Next Generation Seed Phenotyping
LemnaTec exclusively licences Phenoseeder from Forschungszentrum Jülich. Plant growth starts with a seed, and seeds frequently are the core of the harvest. Concise information on seeds is key in plant breeding, research, and gene bank curation. The Phenoseeder, a system for seed imaging, weighing and precision seeding enables individual [...]
Growscreen Rhizo – The Future of Root Phenotyping
LemnaTec exclusively licensed the Growscreen Rhizo from Forschungszentrum Jülich. The Forschunszentrum Jülich Plant Sciences Institute exclusively licensed one of their latest developments in the field of plant phenotyping to LemnaTec GmbH. Frequently, roots are called the hidden half of the plant, but they are as important as shoot and [...]
Building the NEW LemnaTec Germination Scanalyzer at IRRI
LemnaTec is proud to build a new automated Germination Scanalyzer at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Our digital seed germination test is combined with automation for germination tray handling. The system contains 720 germination trays stored in shelves inside a climatized room that ensures test-specific germination conditions. Each [...]
Digital Phenotyping in Breeding for Reduced Nitrogen Demand
Nitrogen is a key nutrient in plants, but nitrogen fertiliser is expensive and causes environmental problems. Therefore, breeders look for crops that produce adequate yield while using less nitrogen. Using advanced CRISPR/Cas9 technology, researchers aim at breeding for Sorghum that has lower fertiliser demand compared to current varieties. The [...]
PAG XXVII
LemnaTec will go to PAGXXVII in San Diego, January 12th to 16th 2019. Meet us at booth 513 in the exhibition hall and get to know our recent technological innovations for seed testing and plant phenotyping. LemnaTec’s scientist Todd De Zwaan, PhD, will talk on “Computer Vision Solutions for [...]
Product Launch: LemnaTec PhenoTron
LemnaTec introduces the PhenoTron, a cabinet for imaging under climate-controlled conditions. Temperature, humidity, light, and CO2 can be controlled inside the PhenoTron. Advanced imaging options allow many applications, such as plant growth studies, germination testing, or biotic and abiotic stress testing. Machine learning algorithms facilitate data processing for targeted [...]
CEPLAS junior scientists visiting LemnaTec
End of May, a group of junior scientists from CEPLAS, a plant science cluster of excellence driven by the universities in Cologne and Düsseldorf together with Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Reserach in Cologne, visited the LemnaTec head office in Aachen. A report of [...]
Besuch von Oberbürgermeister Marcel Philipp bei der Firma LemnaTec GmbH
Am 6. Dezember 2017 besuchte Aachens OB Marcel Philipp gemeinsam mit Fachbereichsleiter Dieter M. Begaß vom Fachbereich Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Europa die Firma LemnaTec im Gewerbegebiet Oberforstbach. Thema des Besuchs war die digitale Phänotypisierung als Teil der Digitalisierung im Bereich Pflanzenforschung, Züchtung, Präzisionslandwirtschaft, sowie Umwelt- und Agrarwissenschaften. LemnaTec ist [...]
Root Measurements – Jülich and LemnaTec
Jülich and LemnaTec to launch systems for digital root analysis on the market Jülich, 24 November – Roots are essential parts of plants. They ensure the plant’s stability and are vital for the efficient uptake of nutrients and water – key topics for sustainable agriculture. Plant roots play an [...]
National Crop Phenomics Center Grand Opening at Jeonju, Korea
LemnaTec’s Greenhouse Scanalyzer features at the Grand Opening of the National Crop Phenomics Center, Jeonju, Korea The National Crop Phenomics Center, located at the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Jeonju, Korea, was officially opened on Tuesday 31st October 2017. The core unit in the Phenomics Center is a [...]
Walz and LemnaTec address physiological phenotyping
Chlorophyll fluorescence expert Walz GmbH and phenotyping specialist LemnaTec GmbH facilitate physiological measurements in plant phenotyping. By integrating a Walz Imaging PAM camera into the LemnaTec Phenocenter, chlorophyll fluorescence measurements are enabled as part of an automated plant phenotyping procedure. The Phenocenter is a multi-sensor laboratory phenotyping system that automatically measures plants [...]
Prime Minister inaugurated IARI Phenomics Center
A LemnaTec Greenhouse Scanalyzer Plant-to-Sensor platform was installed at the Indian Agricultural Research Insitute, which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi on 11th October 2017. The Prime Minister was guided through the facilities with the imaging cabinets, conveyers and the weighing/watering units. The Greenhouse Scanalyzer comprises [...]
Einsatz von Laserscannern in der Hochdurchsatzphänotypisierung
LemnaTec scientists Dr. Tino Dornbusch and Dr. Stefan Paulus published a report on the use of laser scanners in high throughput phenotyping. The text in German is accessible here.