DocumentCode
3459799
Title
A microfluidic whole-plant phenotyping device
Author
Jiang, Hongbo ; Xu, Zongben ; Aluru, Maneesha R. ; Dong, Lixin
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
16-20 June 2013
Firstpage
1539
Lastpage
1542
Abstract
The paper reports on development of a microfluidic device for facilitating phenotypic assays of plant Arabidopsis thaliana at the whole organismal level. The device allows for convenient and high-quality observation of various plant phenotypes, including seed germination, root growth, and shoot growth.
Keywords
bioMEMS; botany; microfabrication; microfluidics; microorganisms; microfluidic whole-plant phenotyping device; plant Arabidopsis thaliana; root growth; seed germination; shoot growth; whole organismal level; Charge carrier processes; Chemicals; Hydrodynamics; Media; Microfluidics; Plants (biology); Sugar; Microfluidics; high throughput; phenomics; plant;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXVII), 2013 Transducers & Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Barcelona
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/Transducers.2013.6627075
Filename
6627075
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