The number of image analysis tools supporting the extraction of architectural features of root systems has increased over the last years. Recently, Lobet et al. (2015) proposed the Root System Markup Language (RSML), which has been designed to enable portability of root architecture data between different software tools and to provide a standard format upon which to base central repositories. RSML follows the XML standard to store 2D or 3D image metadata, plant and root properties and geometries, continuous functions along individual root paths and a suite of annotations at the image, plant or root scales, at one or several time points.

RSML root input files can now be read in order to be used with R-SWMS!

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