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The authors conclude that 3D surface-scanning can deliver accurate and reproducible measurements of wheat spike architecture.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume1 - Outcome
- accurate and reproducible measurements of wheat spike architecturee1
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e1“3D surface-scanning can deliver accurate and reproducible measurements of wheat spike architecture”
Title
Quantifying wheat spike morphology by high resolution 3D surface scanning
Latifa Greche; Nicolas Virlet; Malcolm J. Hawkesford Plant Methods 2026. doi:10.1186/s13007-026-01550-5
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Method / resource New shape descriptors based on cross-sectional area profiles and other spike features were introduced to capture structural variation between wheat genotypes.
- Method / resource Correlations between 3D-derived traits and traditional metrics such as spike weight, spikelet number and seed weight confirmed the biological relevance of the extracted parameters.
- Method / resource The method distinguished morphological differences among twelve wheat genotypes, revealing distinct shape types such as long, short, compact and awned spikes.