Abstract

PlantCV is a Python-based image analysis tool that lowers the barrier to entry for complex image analysis workflows in plant phenotyping. To provide support for subsequent analysis steps of measured trait data we have developed pcvr, an R package to assist in common plant phenotyping analyses. The goal of pcvr is to make common statistical analyses both easier and more consistent and to lower the barrier to entry for useful Bayesian methods. Here we demonstrate three pieces of a possible analysis covering single value trait analysis, longitudinal modeling, and multi-value trait analysis.