AquaDust distribution within mesophyll of maize leaves
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The increased frequency and severity of drought and heat conditions are big threats for the global crop production. To address this challenge, one of the solutions is to develop superior crop varieties with better effective water use (EWU). To achieve this goal, it is crucial to develop efficient and accurate phenotyping methods and instrumentations that can quantify the time-dependent environmental and plant parameters related to EWU.