Publications by authors named "Rafael Keret"
Future climatic scenarios forecast increasingly frequent droughts that will pose substantial consequences on tree mortality. In light of this, drought-tolerant eucalypts have been propagated; however, the severity of these conditions will invoke adaptive responses, impacting the commercially valuable wood properties. To determine what mechanisms govern the wood anatomical adaptive response, highly controlled drought experiments were conducted in Eucalyptus grandis W.
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- Quantitative wood anatomy is a specialized area within dendrochronology that needs effective image analysis tools, and QuPath's bioimage analysis software is introduced as a solution for automating xylem cellular property quantification.
- The research optimized algorithms in QuPath for accurately detecting different xylem cell types in two plant species, Eucalyptus grandis and Pinus radiata, assessing its effectiveness against manual methods.
- The automated detection approach using QuPath has been found to be reliable with minimal error for most cell types, but additional improvements are necessary for accurately analyzing parenchyma, making it a promising method for further research in various plant species.