Applying Synchrotron IMS to Kernels, Seeds and Other Tissues

Applying Synchrotron IMS to Kernels, Seeds and Other Tissues 

At the NSLS, sections of wheat, corn and other plant materials previously mapped using the conventional globar source at KSU were re-mapped with new similar sections so as to benefit from the increased spatial resolution. Consequently, more than 150 figures from the MMSL and NSLS were used to report the results of mapping across borders of different botanical parts in wheat and com [12]. 

A subsequent chapter by Budevska showed extensive false color images of corn produced with the FPA imaging instrument in the agricultural division of Dupont [29]. Additionally, chemometric and imaging software was reported by the same authors [30]. 

The nonplant synchrotron IR microspectroscopic analysis at the NSLS beamline included drug metabolites in hair [31], depth profiling of photodecomposition of polymer layers [19], and numerous mammalian tissue probings, including the brain tissue of rats that had consumed D2O in their drinking water [10]. A summary of the plant material experience from BNL over a continuous 15-month period was reported in 1998 [17], and included the spectra of individual cells within a wheat primary root and the mapping of transitions between the botanical parts of wheat, safflower, oats, corn and barley. 

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