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LemnaTec became member of EPIC
EPIC is the industry association that promotes the sustainable development of organisations working in the field of photonics in Europe. Our members encompass the entire value chain from LED lighting, Photovoltaic solar energy, Photonics Integrated Circuits, Optical components, Lasers, Sensors, Imaging, Displays, Projectors, Optic fiber, and other photonic related technologies. [...]
LemnaTec Growscreen Rhizo – the future of root phenotyping at IPK Gatersleben
LemnaTec proudly has finished the installation of a large-scale Growscreen Rhizo system inside the Plant Cultivation Hall of IPK Gatersleben. LemnaTec delivered this unique root- and shoot- phenotyping instrument, built under the exclusive license by Forschungszentrum Jülich Root- and Shoot-Phenotyping system setup The Growscreen Rhizo consists of 360 rhizotrons [...]
Finding the right objects in an image
Digital phenotyping and digital seed testing essentially have two main parts: image acquisition and feature extraction from the image. The second part is challenging as soon as the background or surrounding is not homogeneous and if non-target objects are present that can be similar to the target objects. The [...]
Glutathione, growth, and water deficit
LemnaTec's Chief Scientist Dr. Marcus Jansen has co-authored a paper on phenotyping studies to evaluate potential links between Glutathione, growth, and sensitivity to low water availability in Arabidopsis. Before joining LemnaTec in 2014, Marcus was working at Forschungszentrum Jülich and participated in a project on water deficit responses that [...]
HTS Scanalyzer for a customer in the USA
We have built a LemnaTec HTS Scanalyzer for an American customer. The system contains visible light imaging and PAM imaging devices that can move across the sample area where samples in MTPs or potted seedlings can be placed. The successor of this system is our LemnaTec PhenoCenter, having even [...]
New LabScanalyzer for a customer in China
LabScanalyzers are not only top-down viewing, but they can also take side-views of samples, like this one we recently shipped to a Chinese customer. For instance in crop research, you can phenotype plants with top- and side-views in the LemnaTec LabScanalyzer. A version for root phenotyping is available, too. [...]
New LabScanalyzer for Korean Customer
LemnaTec LabScanalyzers are entry-level phenotyping devices that can find their place in any lab. Many applications are possible, not only phenotyping small plants such as Arabidopsis or any other type of seedling. The imaging and image processing system can also serve to analyse leaf disks, insect feeding, insect movements, [...]
Nynomic group: acquisition of Sensortherm GmbH
Our mother company Nynomic AG announced today the acquisition of Sensortherm GmbH. LemnaTec GmbH is a proud member of the Nynomic group and welcomes the colleagues of our new sister company to the Nynomic Group of technology companies! As the eighth pillar of the Nynomic Group, Sensortherm expands [...]
Germination Scanalyzer at National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
LemnaTec proudly announces that we have equipped the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) at the Thailand Science Park near Bangkok with a new Germination Scanalyzer. This advanced digital seed testing machine automatically detects and quantifies germination rates of seeds. In the testing procedure, high-resolution images of [...]
Announcement: LemnaTec – proud new member of the Nynomic group of companies
Aachen, 12 August 2019 With great pleasure we would like to inform you that from now on LemnaTec GmbH is part of a strong group of technology companies under one holding structure. Nynomic AG, having its corporate offices at Wedel, Germany, as of August 12th 2019 has taken over [...]
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 [...]