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  • Cracks, kernels, and volumes, in a nutshell

  • Erik Amézquita
  • University of Missouri
  • Poster #1

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The wal(nu)tzing nutcracker!

149 accessions

1301 (1264) walnuts scanned

Qualitative data of commercial interest

Shell

Kernel

Inner air

Packing tissue

▸ Individuals separated manually

▸ Tissues separated with watershed segmentation

▸ 49 traditional shape and size descriptors

▸ 12 commercial descriptors

Amézquita et al (2024) The Plant Phenome Journal. Accepted Poster #1

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Just volume ratios and thickness are necessary to model commercial traits!

Amézquita et al (2024) The Plant Phenome Journal. Accepted Poster #1