A high-throughput, high-resolution phenotyping platform combines laser optics and serial imaging with 3-D image reconstruction and quantification to understand plant anatomy.
LAT root phenotyping began in 2012.
The Laser Ablation Tomography (LAT) system was developed by the Roots lab, including former student Ben Hall who has created a company focusing on this technique (L4IS). Two LAT systems are currently in use.
That instrumentation has been turned into a new LAT facility where collaborators can use the equipment based on joint support from the College of Ag Sciences and the Huck Institutes.
