TY - JOUR

T1 - First Form, Then Function

T2 - 3D Reconstruction of Cucumber Plants (Cucumis sativus L.) Allows Early Detection of Stress Effects through Leaf Dimensions

AU - Moualeu-Ngangué, Dany

AU - Bötzl, Maria

AU - Stützel, Hartmut

N1 - Funding Information: Acknowledgments: We would like to thank Ilona Napp for her technical assistance during the experiment. The publication of this article was funded by the Open Access Publishing Fund of Leibniz Universität Hannover.

PY - 2022/3/1

Y1 - 2022/3/1

N2 - Detection of morphological stress symptoms through 3D examination of plants might be a cost-efficient way to avoid yield losses and ensure product quality in agricultural and horticultural production. Although the 3D reconstruction of plants was intensively performed, the relationships between morphological and physiological plant responses to salinity stress need to be established. Therefore, cucumber plants were grown in a greenhouse in nutrient solutions under three salinity treatments: 0, 25, and 50 mM NaCl. To detect stress-induced changes in leaf transversal and longitudinal angles and dimensions, photographs were taken from plants for 3D reconstruction through photogrammetry. For assessment of physiological stress responses, invasive leaf measurements, including the determination of leaf osmotic potential, leaf relative water content, and the leaf dry to fresh weight ratio, were performed. The transversal and longitudinal leaf dimensions revealed statis-tically significant differences between stressed and control plants after 60◦ Cd (day 3) for the leaves which appeared before stress imposition. Strong correlations were found between the transversal width and some investigated physiological traits. Morphological changes were shown as indicators of physiological responses of leaves under salinity stress.

AB - Detection of morphological stress symptoms through 3D examination of plants might be a cost-efficient way to avoid yield losses and ensure product quality in agricultural and horticultural production. Although the 3D reconstruction of plants was intensively performed, the relationships between morphological and physiological plant responses to salinity stress need to be established. Therefore, cucumber plants were grown in a greenhouse in nutrient solutions under three salinity treatments: 0, 25, and 50 mM NaCl. To detect stress-induced changes in leaf transversal and longitudinal angles and dimensions, photographs were taken from plants for 3D reconstruction through photogrammetry. For assessment of physiological stress responses, invasive leaf measurements, including the determination of leaf osmotic potential, leaf relative water content, and the leaf dry to fresh weight ratio, were performed. The transversal and longitudinal leaf dimensions revealed statis-tically significant differences between stressed and control plants after 60◦ Cd (day 3) for the leaves which appeared before stress imposition. Strong correlations were found between the transversal width and some investigated physiological traits. Morphological changes were shown as indicators of physiological responses of leaves under salinity stress.

KW - 3D reconstruction

KW - Osmotic potential

KW - Salinity stress

KW - Stress detection

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U2 - 10.3390/rs14051094

DO - 10.3390/rs14051094

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85125337199

VL - 14

JO - Remote sensing

JF - Remote sensing

SN - 2072-4292

IS - 5

M1 - 1094

ER -