Plant imaging research promoted by interdisciplinary collaborations

Abstract

In recent decades, various interdisciplinary technologies promote plant imaging research, such as MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems), organic synthesis, genomics, and mathematical modeling. We have organized a symposium entitled ‘Plant imaging research promoted by interdisciplinary collaborations’ at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of Japan on September 21^st, 2020. This symposium was co-sponsored by The Birth of New Plant Species (Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, a MEXT Grant-in-Aid Project), Integrated Imaging Research Support (IIRS), and The Japanese Society of Plant Morphology. We had five young expert researchers’ presentations to introduce their innovative research with cutting-edge techniques for imaging. Current issues in the plant research, their solutions by the new imaging technologies, and plant imaging potential were interactively discussed involving speakers and audiences. This symposium was held using the online conference tool ‘Zoom’ under the first trial of the online Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of Japan due to the influence of the COVID-19.