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About This GigaPan
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Steve Renich
- Explore score
- 23
- Size
- 0.40 Gigapixels
- Views
- 3842
- Date added
- July 13, 2008
- Date taken
- July 12, 2008
- Gear
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GigaPan; Canon SD850 4x optica...
- Categories
- Galleries
- Great Plains Geology
- Competitions
- Tags
- fofs, fofsep, tli, landinstitute, agriculture, sustainable, landscape, beta, kansas, roots
- Description
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On the right is perennial Intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium), a close relative of our major annual crop wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seen on the left. The view shows the deep (5 – 6 foot) root structure of wheatgrass beside the roots of wheat predominantly in the 18” range. Wheatgrass is a potential grain crop on its own; we are working with genetically diverse populations selecting for crop-like traits.
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Steve Renich (July 16, 2008, 03:16AM )
Thanks Ron, this section was carefully washed by our soil scientists to expose the roots. A tedious effort!
Ron Schott (July 15, 2008, 09:07PM )
Wonderful use of the GigaPan, Steve. I've thought about doing a cross section cutaway through soil horizons myself, but I haven't come across any cuts nearly as cleanly exposed as this. Great work!