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Unique timelapse system for the growth of sprouts and roots

The research department of Plant Physiology at Wageningen University investigates the effect of salt and water scarcity on the growth of germinated plants and roots. An important part of the research is to record the effects of different environmental conditions on growth. QING has developed and realised a timelapse system to record the growth of the sprouts and roots.

Assignment

Wageningen University & Research

Issue

Realising a system that records the effect of environmental conditions on the growth of germination and roots

Applied tools and expertise:

Concept development, simulation, system development and construction

Major impacts on agriculture

Due to increasing heat and drought, salinisation of the soil is taking place in various areas worldwide. Many crops do not absorb saline water well. This leads to restricted growth and therefore lower yields. This development has major effects on agriculture.

Plants have the ability to adapt to environmental conditions

This starts already under the ground with the development of the roots and the sprouts. In order to gain insight into this, the research department's lab has a climate chamber. It contains 48 petri dishes, divided into 6 batches. It is very important for the research that the effects of the various environmental conditions on the growth can be properly recorded and documented.

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Our approach

The scope and requirements for this set-up were discussed and determined beforehand with the team from Wageningen University. Based on this, a concept development was carried out and this was validated by means of a simulation.

This simulation allowed us, among other things, to test the operation of the system. It also gave us insights into the capacity and speed of the system. The complete system was then developed and built on the basis of this operating principle.

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Features timelapse system

This unique system has the following features:

Capacity for 48 positions
Intervals between images and camera profiles can be set and tested on a batch basis
Operating software is set up in Python so the team can make changes and optimisations to the software themselves