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CAT scans for plants?

Tony Travis ajt at rri.sari.ac.uk
Tue Feb 22 13:50:59 EST 1994


Greg Luckman (luckman at au.edu.utas.postoffice) wrote:
: I am seeking ideas on how to better visualise root differentiation
: occurring in stem cuttings of hardwood plants.  At present I am fixing,
: [...]
: My questions are:
: Have any of these techniques been used to look at plant tissues?
: (references please)

McDougall, G.J., Goodman, B.A. and Chudek, J.A. (1992) Nuclear magnetic
resonamce (NMR) micro-imaging of stems of Linum usitatissimum, Journal of
Agricultural Science, 119, 157-164

: What are the resolution limits?

70 x 70 x 400 um voxels in their paper.

: Are there any alternative methods to get the images?

Confocal microscopy?

	Tony.
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