Source: DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER submitted to NRP
REWRITING THE COMPUTER CODE TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND EASE OF USE OF THE ROOTREADER3D SOFTWARE PLATFORM
Sponsoring Institution
Agricultural Research Service/USDA
Project Status
ACTIVE
Funding Source
USDA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0426736
Grant No.
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Cumulative Award Amt.
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Proposal No.
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Multistate No.
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Project Start Date
Jun 15, 2014
Project End Date
Jun 14, 2015
Grant Year
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Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER
975 NORTH WARSON ROAD
ST. LOUIS,MO 63132
Performing Department
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Non Technical Summary
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Animal Health Component
10%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
70%
Applied
10%
Developmental
20%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
1330110102015%
2021510103015%
1331540103025%
2021550104020%
2031520104015%
2041530102010%
Knowledge Area
204 - Plant Product Quality and Utility (Preharvest); 133 - Pollution Prevention and Mitigation; 203 - Plant Biological Efficiency and Abiotic Stresses Affecting Plants; 202 - Plant Genetic Resources;

Subject Of Investigation
1510 - Corn; 1550 - Barley; 1540 - Hard red winter wheat; 0110 - Soil; 1520 - Grain sorghum; 1530 - Rice;

Field Of Science
1040 - Molecular biology; 1030 - Cellular biology; 1020 - Physiology;
Goals / Objectives
Computer programmer will rewrite the code for RootReader3D to improve its effectiveness, efficiency, and usability.
Project Methods
RootReader3D software program will be rewritten to: a) Reorganize the program by modules for the different processes the software carries out, in order to improve ease of use and make it easier to implement future upgrades. b) Blend and merge the best features of RootReader3D with those of another root system imaging and computation software package, GiaRoots (http://giaroots.biology.gatech.edu/). c) Improve the automation and throughput of RootReader3D. d) Improve the sensitivity of RootReader3D to handle thresholding and skeletonizing of fine roots.