Updated Methods for Seed Shape Analysis
Morphological variation in seed characters includes differences in seed size and shape. Seed shape is an important trait in plant identification and classification. In addition it has agronomic importance because it reflects genetic, physiological, and ecological components and affects yield, qualit...
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| description | Morphological variation in seed characters includes differences in seed size and shape. Seed shape is an important trait in plant identification and classification. In addition it has agronomic importance because it reflects genetic, physiological, and ecological components and affects yield, quality, and market price. The use of digital technologies, together with development of quantification and modeling methods, allows a better description of seed shape. Image processing systems are used in the automatic determination of seed size and shape, becoming a basic tool in the study of diversity. Seed shape is determined by a variety of indexes (circularity, roundness, and J index). The comparison of the seed images to a geometrical figure (circle, cardioid, ellipse, ellipsoid, etc.) provides a precise quantification of shape. The methods of shape quantification based on these models are useful for an accurate description allowing to compare between genotypes or along developmental phases as well as to establish the level of variation in different sets of seeds. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-262dea1ae6f644a691f9f28237aefef32025-02-03T01:31:14ZengWileyScientifica2090-908X2016-01-01201610.1155/2016/56918255691825Updated Methods for Seed Shape AnalysisEmilio Cervantes0José Javier Martín1Ezzeddine Saadaoui2IRNASA-CSIC, Apartado 40, 37008 Salamanca, SpainIRNASA-CSIC, Apartado 40, 37008 Salamanca, SpainRegional Station of Gabes, Laboratory GVRF, INRGREF, University of Carthage, BP 67, Mnara, 6011 Gabès, TunisiaMorphological variation in seed characters includes differences in seed size and shape. Seed shape is an important trait in plant identification and classification. In addition it has agronomic importance because it reflects genetic, physiological, and ecological components and affects yield, quality, and market price. The use of digital technologies, together with development of quantification and modeling methods, allows a better description of seed shape. Image processing systems are used in the automatic determination of seed size and shape, becoming a basic tool in the study of diversity. Seed shape is determined by a variety of indexes (circularity, roundness, and J index). The comparison of the seed images to a geometrical figure (circle, cardioid, ellipse, ellipsoid, etc.) provides a precise quantification of shape. The methods of shape quantification based on these models are useful for an accurate description allowing to compare between genotypes or along developmental phases as well as to establish the level of variation in different sets of seeds.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5691825 |
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