Patent ID: 8312673

Claim:
A method of imaging a root and/or aerial portion of a plurality of plants, the method comprising: growing a plurality of plants in a plant growth array device, the device comprising: an aerial growth chamber configured to contain aerial shoot portions of the plurality of plants; a root growth chamber configured to contain root portions of the plurality of plants; and a dividing member between the aerial growth chamber and the root chamber and having a plurality of apertures for receiving the plurality of plants therein; and imaging the root portions and/or aerial shoot portions of the plurality of plants in the plant growth array device, wherein the plant growth array device includes a translucent and/or transparent imaging panel on at least one of the aerial growth chamber and the root chamber and imaging the root portions and/or aerial shoot portions of the plurality of plants includes imaging with a microscope, and imaging the root portions and/or aerial shoot portions comprises imaging the root portions and/or aerial shoot portions via the translucent and/or transparent imaging panel.