Тип публикации: статья из журнала
Год издания: 2022
Идентификатор DOI: 10.3390/plants11121533
Ключевые слова: contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, internodes, lab-on-a-chip, laser scanning microscopy, nodal plexus, particle image velocimetry, plant 3d imaging, systems biology, vascular system, zea mays l
Аннотация: In plants, water flows are the major driving force behind growth and play a crucial role in the life cycle. To study hydrodynamics, methods based on tracking small particles inside water flows attend a special place. Thanks to these tools, it is possible to obtain information about the dynamics of the spatial distribution of the flПоказать полностьюux characteristics. In this paper, using contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), we show that gadolinium chelate, used as an MRI contrast agent, marks the structural characteristics of the xylem bundles of maize stem nodes and internodes. Supplementing MRI data, the high-precision visualization of xylem vessels by laser scanning microscopy was used to reveal the structural and dimensional characteristics of the stem vascular system. In addition, we propose the concept of using prototype “Y-type xylem vascular connection” as a model of the elementary connection of vessels within the vascular system. A Reynolds number could match the microchannel model with the real xylem vessels. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Журнал: Plants
Выпуск журнала: Vol. 11, Is. 12
Номера страниц: 1533
ISSN журнала: 22237747
Издатель: MDPI