Makanza R, Zaman-Allah M, Cairns JE, Eyre J, Burgueño J, Pacheco A, Diepenbrock C, Magorokosho C, Tarekegne A, Olsen M, Prasanna BM. 2018. High-throughput method for ear phenotyping and kernel weight estimation in maize using ear digital imaging.

Plant Methods 14, 49. DOI:  10.1186/s13007-018-0317-4

Abstract: Grain yield, ear and kernel attributes can assist to understand the performance of maize plant under different environmental conditions and can be used in the variety development process to address farmer’s preferences. These parameters are however still laborious and expensive to measure. A low-cost ear digital imaging method was developed that provides estimates of ear and kernel attributes i.e., ear number and size, kernel number and size as well as kernel weight from photos of ears harvested from field trial plots. 
 Makanza R, Zaman-Allah M, Cairns JE, Magorokosho C, Tarekegne A, Olsen M, Prasanna BM. 2018. High-throughput phenotyping of canopy cover and senescence in maize field trials using aerial digital canopy imaging. Remote Sensing 10, 330.