Understanding how plants grow, adapt, and respond to stress is key to developing stronger, more resilient crops. LemnaTec, a pioneer in automated plant phenotyping, has teamed up with Specim to make this easier than ever. By integrating Specim FX10 and FX17 hyperspectral cameras into LemnaTec’s advanced systems, researchers can now scan plants faster, capture more detail, and get actionable insights—all without harming the plants.
Faster, Smarter Plant Analysis
With LemnaTec’s PhenoAIxpert HT, powered by Specim hyperspectral cameras, researchers can scan up to 1,000 plants a day. Entire potted plants—up to two meters high—are captured in high resolution, giving a complete picture of growth, nutrition, and stress levels. This means more data, faster decisions, and better results in large-scale experiments.
Powerful Lab-Scale Research
For smaller-scale studies, the HyperAIxpert combines flexibility with precision. Its robotic arm can switch between Specim hyperspectral cameras and other sensors to analyze seedlings, herbs, or samples in Petri dishes. This setup allows labs to run many different tests quickly, without switching equipment or damaging samples.
Hyperspectral Sees Beyond Visible
Specim’s hyperspectral technology reveals information beyond the visible spectrum. Pigments, water content, nutrient levels, early signs of stress or disease—these critical markers can all be detected non-invasively. Researchers can easily apply vegetation indices and other analysis tools to track plant health and compare results across different varieties and conditions.
Multi-Sensor Integration for Comprehensive and Easy to Interpret Data
LemnaTec combines Specim’s hyperspectral cameras with other imaging and scanning technologies, including visible light, multispectral, laser scanning, IR, and fluorescence imaging. All collected data feed directly into the LemnaTec software suite, which enables flexible, graphical analysis pipelines without traditional coding—streamlining plant phenotyping research.
Pioneering the Future of Crop Research
By partnering with Specim, LemnaTec has set a new standard in plant phenotyping: faster, more accurate data collection that empowers researchers to accelerate breeding, stress response studies, and climate resilience research. Specim’s rugged and versatile hyperspectral imaging technology is an essential element in this mission—ensuring LemnaTec remains at the forefront of plant science innovation.
Key Benefits and Measurable Outcomes
With Specim’s hyperspectral imaging solutions, LemnaTec’s plant phenotyping systems deliver:
- Comprehensive physiological data: Detection of pigments, nutrition, greenness, stress markers, diseases, and water status.
- Versatile analysis tools: Researchers can use numerous vegetation indices for quantitative trait analysis and stress assessments, supporting climate-resilient crop research.
- High-throughput capability: Automated scanning and data capture of hundreds of plants per day, dramatically reducing analysis time and enabling large-scale phenotyping studies.
The Future of Non-Invasive Plant Phenotyping
Looking ahead, LemnaTec expects non-invasive phenotyping to play an increasingly vital role in sustainable, data-driven agriculture. Specim’s hyperspectral imaging technology is central to meeting these evolving needs, enabling researchers and developers to accelerate climate-resilient innovation and make data-driven decisions faster.
Specim and LemnaTec are shaping the future of plant phenotyping—helping researchers around the world grow the crops of tomorrow.
