“…greenhouse, growth chamber) experiments provide greater environmental control, more growing cycles, and are easier environments in which to study root phenotypes, although plants are often constrained by pot dimensions and less natural environmental interactions. For controlled-environment phenotyping, different automated platforms have been described ( Li et al , 2014 ; Poiré et al , 2014 ; Humplík et al , 2015 ; Neilson et al , 2015 ; Pandey et al , 2017 ), such as the Scanalyzer 3D imaging system, in which plants are placed on a conveyor system and moved to sensors for automated image acquisition ( Neilson et al , 2015 ), PlantEye, a 3D laser scanner mounted on a movable gantry, where a sensor is moved to image the plants ( Kjaer and Ottosen, 2015 ; Vadez et al , 2015 ; Maphosa et al , 2017 ), Phenoscope ( Tisné et al , 2013 ), Phenosis ( Granier et al , 2006 ), and Weighing, Imaging and Watering Machines (WIWAM) ( Skirycz et al , 2011 ).…”