Application of X-ray computed tomography to analyze the structure of sorghum grain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The structural characteristics of whole sorghum kernels are known to affect end-use quality, but traditional evaluation of this structure is two-dimensional (i.e., cross section of a kernel). Current technology offers the potential to consider three-dimensional structural characteristics of grain. X-ray computed tomography (CT) presents one such opportunity to nondestructively extract quantitative data from grain caryopses which can then be related to end-use quality.

Results

Phenotypic measurements were extracted from CT scans of grain sorghum caryopses. Extensive phenotypic variation was found for embryo volume, endosperm hardness, endosperm texture, endosperm volume, pericarp volume, and kernel volume. CT derived estimates were strongly correlated with ground t

SUBMITTER: Crozier D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8753924 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature