Abstract
The phenotypic response of plants to high external levels of NaCl is very dynamic so the methods used for phenotyping should be able to capture those dynamics. Non-destructive high-throughput plant imaging enables researchers to measure salt stress-induced changes in plant growth over time. In addition, the color information of the digital images allows the quantification of leaf senescence induced through long-term exposure to NaCl. In combination with destructive leaf sampling to measure leaf [Na+], this approach allows dissection of salinity tolerance into its individual components.
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Berger, B., de Regt, B., Tester, M. (2012). Trait Dissection of Salinity Tolerance with Plant Phenomics. In: Shabala, S., Cuin, T. (eds) Plant Salt Tolerance. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 913. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-986-0_27
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