Surveying the plant’s world by magnetic resonance imaging

Summary Understanding the way in which plants develop, grow and interact with their environment requires tools capable of a high degree of both spatial and temporal resolution. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a technique which is able to visualize internal structures and metabolites, has the great...

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Published in:The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 2012-04, Vol.70 (1), p.129-146
Main Authors: Borisjuk, Ljudmilla, Rolletschek, Hardy, Neuberger, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abiotic/biotic stress
Biodiversity
Biological and medical sciences
Environment
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Metabolism
Metabolism. Physicochemical requirements
Metabolomics
MRI
NMR
non‐invasive imaging
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Plant biology
Plant Development
plant metabolism
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Plant physiology and development
Plants - genetics
Plants - metabolism
seed
Stress, Physiological
Systems Biology
Water - physiology
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Summary:Summary Understanding the way in which plants develop, grow and interact with their environment requires tools capable of a high degree of both spatial and temporal resolution. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a technique which is able to visualize internal structures and metabolites, has the great virtue that it is non‐invasive and therefore has the potential to monitor physiological processes occurring in vivo. The major aim of this review is to attract plant biologists to MRI by explaining its advantages and wide range of possible applications for solving outstanding issues in plant science. We discuss the challenges and opportunities of MRI in the study of plant physiology and development, plant–environment interactions, biodiversity, gene functions and metabolism. Overall, it is our view that the potential benefit of harnessing MRI for plant research purposes is hard to overrate.
ISSN:0960-7412
1365-313X
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.04927.x