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Using machine learning in phenotyping and seed testing
Using machine learning in phenotyping and seed testing Digital phenotyping is well known as non-invasive imaging-based method to obtain data on plant phenotypic traits. Likewise, seed testing methods are available to measure germination processes, or determine seed and seedling quality. After recording, images are processed, however classical image processing frequently [...]
Happy Chinese New Year
The whole LemnaTec team wishes our Chinese customers and partners all the best for a happy, prosperous, and most importantly, healthy Chinese New Year 2021! 整个LemnaTec团队祝愿我们的中国客户和合作伙伴一切顺利，祝大家2021年春节快乐，繁荣，最重要。
Seed 2021
Seed 2021 Gatersleben Meet LemnaTec at the Seed2021 Online Meeting organized by IPK Gatersleben. We will provide insight in new technological developments and we will be available for discussing your demands. Our scientist Dr. Marcus Jansen will give a talk about "Image processing for new perspectives [...]
References 2020
In 2020, our customers and partners published more than 30 papers, theses, and conference contributions with data generated using LemnaTec software and hardware. Many of them are listed on our references page.
Cannabis- and Hemp-related Applications
Cannabis- and Hemp-related Applications Hemp plants – Cannabis sativa – are of high interest for both, biobased materials like hemp fibers, and for Cannabis active ingredients in medical use. Seed and seedling quality, germination features, and phenotypes are important in research, breeding, product development, or quality [...]
Merry Christmas
The LemnaTec team wishes all our customers, our business partners, their families, and all our friends a Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and a good start into a happy and healthy New Year 2021!
New distribution agreement with Polaris Science for Singapore and Malaysia
New distribution agreement with Polaris Science for Singapore and Malaysia We are happy to announce the addition of a new distribution partnership to further expand our global customer base and to provide a closer link to customers in this region. As of November 2020, Polaris Science Pte. Ltd., [...]
PhenoAIxpert HT for the Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University
We have built a PhenoAIxpert HT for the Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University in Yangling, Shaanxi, China A widespread system type for plant phenotyping is combining imaging cabinets with conveyors. LemnaTec has built many Scanalyzers in greenhouses or growth rooms where conveyor belts transport plants towards imaging stations and [...]
Artificial intelligence: looking for the right features
Artificial intelligence: looking for the right features Physiological phenotyping tasks are usually complex, and combining data coming from various sensors need to be set into a meaningful context. Moreover, certain devices such as hyperspectral imaging sensors are producing a massive amount of raw data, which then again [...]
Intelligent Image Analysis for Plant Phenotyping – LemnaTec Book Contribution
LemnaTec Book Contribution Intelligent Image Analysis for Plant Phenotyping LemnaTec’s Chief Scientist Dr. Marcus Jansen has authored a book chapter on “Multisensor Phenotyping for Crop Physiology” together with two former LemnaTec colleagues, Dr. Stefan Paulus (now at Institut für Zuckerrübenforschung, Göttingen, Germany) and Dr. Gustavo Bonaventure [...]
PhenoAIxpert ES successfully launched at the University of Amsterdam
PhenoAIxpert ES successfully launched at the University of Amsterdam Since we delivered a PhenoAIxpert ES to the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) in Amsterdam recently, researchers started their first experiments with the system. With the two cameras mounted inside the PhenoAIxpert ES, they can image both, the [...]
Wall Street Journal report on Field Scanalyzer
Wall Street Journal report on Field Scanalyzer The Wall Street Journal reports on our Field Scanalyzer working at The University of Arizona on making crops ready for dealing with climatechange and providing biofuels. The project funding is provided by U.S. Department of Energy and The Bill and Melinda [...]
New publication in Nature Machine Intelligence
Paper in Nature Machine Intelligence published We proudly present our recent publication resulting from our DePhenSe project together with Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, TU Darmstadt, and Institut Für Zuckerrübenforschung "Making deep neural networks right for the right scientific reasons by interacting with their explanations" on machine learning for hyperspectral [...]
Dr. Robert Tietz joins LemnaTec as Managing Director
Dr. Robert Tietz joins LemnaTec as Managing Director We are pleased to inform you that Robert Tietz is joining our team as Managing Director, together with Jürgen Kreis. Robert will support us in the extension of our portfolio of modular phenotyping solutions suitable for all applications in large [...]
New distribution partnership established
New distribution partnership established LemnaTec again moves closer to the customers by partnering with local companies. We recently started a partnership with LaserPoint Srl, Vimodrone, Italy. Our Italian partner has long term-experience in the market of precision measurement using lasers and other optical principles. Laser Point is manufacturer of [...]
New features for a phenotyping research facility under construction
New features for a phenotyping research facility under construction We are upgrading a phenotyping research facility for a customer in Asia. The customer operates a PhenoAIxpert HT system with a conveyor for plant transportation passing through a series of image acquisition cabinets. The current upgrade comprises installing [...]
Digital plant assessments – perspectives in time of partial lab closure
Digital plant assessments - perspectives in time of partial lab closure The Corona virus-related lockdown kept you off your lab, and you missed assessing your important plants? Now, it is the time to consider digital imaging technology. Let automatic camera technology collect image data even in times when [...]
Fighting insect decline – phenotyping for minimizing pesticide impact
Fighting insect decline - phenotyping for minimizing pesticide impact Insect decline is a massive problem in Europe and many other parts of the world. Loss is partly attributed to pesticide use. Thus, EU policies drive forward the demand for pesticide saving practices, such as non-chemical agents against weeds, [...]
Five reasons to use digital phenotyping when working with plants and seeds
Five reasons to use digital phenotyping when working with plants and seeds Remote work: Recent measures to prevent spreading of the Coronavirus kept many researchers away from their labs and growth rooms. With automated digital imaging technology requiring only minimum staff present on site, plant research can go [...]
New distribution partnerships established
New distribution partnerships established LemnaTec moves closer to the customers by partnering with local companies. We recently started partnerships with a company in Australia – PAS – and with one in France – Optoprim. For Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, LemnaTec GmbH is pleased to announce a [...]
Four reasons why breeders need digital phenotypic data
Four reasons why breeders need digital phenotypic data Documentation: digital images keep hold of the current state of the plants while a quoted visual impression captured by an operator is perishing and impossible to reconstruct. Standardization: Rating operators are well trained, of course, and the breeder’s eye never [...]
LemnaTec HyperAIxpert – comprehensive laboratory phenotyping system
LemnaTec HyperAIxpert – comprehensive laboratory phenotyping system With the new HyperAIxpert, the next member of the laboratory AIxpert products by LemnaTec, we take the step into automated multi-sensory phenotyping. HyperAIxpert is capable to operate hyperspectral cameras in scanning mode and therefore it is a powerful tool in [...]
3 driving forces why seeds and seed testing need to progress – and what you need for it
3 driving forces why seeds and seed testing need to progress – and what you need for it Climatechange is progressing and makes weather more stressful for plants. Global population growth and increasing qualitative expectations on food demand for more and #betterfood EU plans to reduce pesticide use [...]
New distribution partnership with Portable Analytical Solutions Pty Ltd, (PAS)
New distribution partnership with Portable Analytical Solutions Pty Ltd, (PAS) LemnaTec GmbH is pleased to announce a new distribution partnership with Portable Analytical Solutions Pty Ltd, (PAS) a leading provider of innovative scientific instruments in the Oceania Region, effective since May 2020. Juergen Kreis, Managing Director of [...]
SeedAIxpert
The fastest digital seed testing system measuring seed, germination, and seedling emergence quality. We are introducing our SeedAIxpert family! The SeedAIxpert family comprises a table-top seed testing unit and a semi-automated seed testing system, the SeedAIxpert pro. Germination assays, e.g. top-of-paper tests, or seedling emergence trials easily [...]