CI-602 Narrow Gauge Root Imager
A New Minirhizotron System Compatible with 2-inch Diameter Tubes!
Observing a root system throughout a plant’s life cycle is key to understanding overall plant behavior and health, and to improving crop performance.
The CI-602 Narrow Gauge Root Imager is a minirhizotron system that captures non-destructive, high-resolution, digital images of living roots in soil over multiple growing seasons. Compatible with root tubes measuring two inches in diameter, the CI-602 gives users the ability to work within new and existing tube installations.
The CI-602 is a durable and lightweight minirhizotron that is easy to transport to any field location and can be used in sites with root tubes across a range of treatments or conditions. Our free root analysis software, RootSnap!, quickly and easily calculates parameters including root length, area, volume, diameter & branching angle.
- High-resolution scanner head
- White calibration tube
- Collapsible indexing handle for consistent, repeatable measurements throughout each tube
- Six 1-meter clear acrylic tubes included with scanner package
- Handheld tablet computer preloaded with CI-602 operational software, as well as RootSnap! Image Analysis Software
This minirhizotron root scanning system takes non-destructive, high-resolution digital colour images of roots, root hairs, and mycorrhizae in the soil, enabling observation of root growth and behaviour over time. The CI-602 can service multiple durable, acrylic access tubes for measurements throughout multiple growing seasons.
| Image size: | 21.59 cm x 18 cm (8.5″ x 7.1″) |
| Scan speed: | ~30 seconds (depending on selected resolution) |
| Image resolution: | Up to 1200 DPI |
| Computer: | Surface Pro 4 tablet |
| Interface: | USB Cable, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth |
| Scanner head dimensions | 35.9 cm long x 4.6 cm diameter (14.125″ x 1.8″) |
| Control box dimensions: | 18 cm x 7.5 cm x 5 cm (7.125” x 3” x 2”) |
| Tablet dimensions: | 29.21 cm x 20.14 cm x .83 cm (11.50” x 7.93” x .33”) |
| Total weight: | 1950g or 4.3lbs |
| ROOT TUBE DIMENSIONS | |
| Inner diameter: | 5 cm (2″) |
| Outer diameter: | 5.7 cm (2.25″) |
| Wall thickness: | 3.2 mm (.125″) |
| Standard length: | 105 cm (41.3″) |