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English: Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) of a whole maize plant and root systems of a bean and a sugar beet plant. A, B, The maize plant was grown in a pot with 51 mm i.d. and 110 mm height. C, D, The bean plant was grown in a pot with 81 mm i.d. and 250 mm height and, E, the sugar beet plant was grown in a container with 117 mm i.d. and 800 mm height, all filled with a loamy sand mix. A, Digital photo of the maize plant taken 10 d after sowing (DAS) and, B, a rendering of a volumetric (3D) MRI dataset (TE = 9 ms, resolution 0.33 × 0.33 × 0.8 mm3) of the plant concatenated from four consecutively measured blocks along the vertical axis. The yellow disc denotes the soil surface in the magnetic resonance image for better orientation. The yellow asterisk denotes the primary root, the white asterisk a nodal root. C, Visualization of two concatenated magnetic resonance images (TE = 9 ms, resolution 0.52 × 0.52 × 1.0 mm3) of the root system of a bean plant (32 DAS) showing nodules at the top and central region. D, Zoomed image with nodules of various sizes and shapes attached to lateral roots (TE = 9 ms, resolution 0.23 × 0.23 × 0.94 mm3) depicted from the central root segment indicated in (C). E, Overview of the whole root system of a sugar beet plant (80 DAS) with the storage beet, the taproot, and a multitude of lateral roots. The image consists of six concatenated blocks with a resolution of 0.73 × 0.73 × 2 mm3 (TE = 9 ms). Scale bars: B, C, D, 10 mm; E, 20 mm.