A Guide to Quantify Arabidopsis Seedling Thermomorphogenesis at Single Timepoints and by Interval Monitoring

Philipp Janitza, Zihao Zhu, Muhammad Usman Anwer, Martijn van Zanten, Carolin Delker*

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Abstract

Temperature-induced elongation of hypocotyls, petioles, and rootsRoots, together with hyponastic leaf responses, constitute key model phenotypes that can be used to assess a plant’s capacity for thermomorphogenesis. Phenotypic responses are often quantified at a single time point during seedling development at different temperatures. However, to capture growth dynamics, several time points need to be assessed, and ideally continuous measurements are taken. Here we describe a general experimental setup and technical solutions for recording and measuring seedling phenotypes at single and multiple time points. Furthermore, we present an R-package called “rootdetectR,” which allows easy processing of hypocotyl, rootRoot or petiole length, and growth rate data and provides different options of data presentation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThermomorphogenesis
PublisherHumana Press
Pages3-16
Number of pages14
Volume2795
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-0716-3814-9
ISBN (Print)978-1-0716-3813-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Apr 2024

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2795
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

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© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.

Keywords

  • Growth rate analyses
  • Phenotyping
  • RootDetection
  • RootdetectR
  • Thermomorphogenesis

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