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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 [...]