MUMBAI, India, July 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641077390 A) filed by Sr University on June 23, 2026, for Root Architecture Imaging Flask For Non-Destructive High-Throughput Root Phenotyping.
Inventors include Manchikatla Arun Kumar; Narkhede Gopal Wasudeo; G Prasanna; and Lankada. Laxmi Bhavani.
The application for the patent was published on July 03, 2026, under issue no. 27/2026.
Abstract: ABSTRACT Disclosed herein is a root architecture imaging flask (100) for non-destructive high-throughput root phenotyping comprising a transparent flask body (102), a camera unit (104), a communication network (110), and a processing unit (112) with an input module (114), preprocessing module (116), interchangeable media cartridge module (118) enabling hot-swappable hydroponic, gel-based, or soil-substitute growth media within the same flask body, a sensor-agnostic port module (120) accepting any third-party imaging sensor, nutrient delivery module (122), AI monitoring module (124) for real-time root trait extraction, self-optimisation module (126) for closed-loop environmental control, and output module (128) for digital phenotyping report generation.
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