Phenotype Screening(美国)
Phenotype Screening Corporation
美国PhenotypeScreening公司(PSC) www.phenotypescreening.comPSC公司成立于2004年,2年后其首款产品植物根系X-光扫描成像分析系统RootVizFS面世,并获得2006年度美国R&D100大奖。RootVizFS是款可对根系进行X-光扫描成像分析的系统,具有原位、非破坏性、可控性、效率高等优点,是继根视系统后植物根系研究领域最激动人心的发
明。美国R&D100大奖被称为“发明界的奥斯卡奖”,RootVizFS刚一面世即获此大奖,足见其影响力之大。PhenotypeScreeningCorporationisyourone-stoppartnerforplantrootsystemresearch.UnderfundingfromtheUSDepartmentofEnergy’sInventionsandInnovationsProgram,wehavedevelopedanovel,high-throughput,highresolutionandnon-destructivesystemtoimageandcharacterizeplantroots.Thisisthemostexcitingnewdevelopmentinplantrootresearchsincetheinventionoftherhizotron.Unlikearhizotron,oursystemallowsforfullsurfacetoroottipvisualizationofallroots.Sinceoursystemisnon-destructivethesameplantcanbeimagedatdifferenttimesinitsdevelopmentalgrowthcycle.Additionallythesameplantcanbemonitoredforplantr