leafkin-An R package for automated kinematic data analysis of monocot leaves.

ABSTRACT: Growth is one of the most studied plant responses. At the cellular level, plant growth is driven by cell division and cell expansion. A means to quantify these two cellular processes is through kinematic analysis, a methodology that has been developed and perfected over the past decades, with in-depth descriptions of the methodology available. Unfortunately, after performing the lab work, researchers are required to perform time-consuming, repetitive and error-prone calculations. To lower the barrier towards this final step in the analysis and to aid researchers currently applying this technique, we have created leafkin, an R-package to perform all the calculations involved in the kinematic analysis of monocot leaves using only four functions. These functions support leaf elongation

SUBMITTER: Bertels J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10095969 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature