High-resolution episcopic image of barley plant showing vascular bundles and internal stem structure in 3D

3D Imaging for Plant Science and Agriculture

Powerful 3D imaging for phenotyping, growth analysis, and trait discovery.

3D Plant and Crop Research with High-Resolution Imaging

Internal plant structures are often dense and hard to clear, with challenges in imaging the dense fibrous, opaque tissue (e.g roots or stems). HREM overcomes this by using an auto-fluorescence free contrast block face imaging setup making it ideal for applications in crop improvement, root development and phenotyping.

HREM is ideal for high throughput plant phenotyping, mutant screening or studying environmental response in crops like barley or wheat.

Key Advantages of HREM for Agricultural Imaging

HREM offers multiple benefits to imaging in plant and agricultural studies such as:

Full volume imaging of larger and denser samples without deformation
Micrometre level resolution across larger samples such as roots, stems and shoots
No need for optical clearing or fluorescent markers that could vary and reduce overall image quality
Ideal for screening multiple genotypes
Easily detect structural abnormalities (e.g. vascular collapse, bundle density)