Low and high field magnetic resonance for in vivo analysis of seeds

Ljudmilla Borisjuk; Hardy Rolletschek; Johannes Fuchs; Gerd Melkus; Thomas Neuberger

doi:10.3390/ma4081426

Low and high field magnetic resonance for in vivo analysis of seeds

Ljudmilla Borisjuk, Hardy Rolletschek, Johannes Fuchs, Gerd Melkus, Thomas Neuberger

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

19 Scopus citations

Abstract

Low field NMR has been successfully used for the evaluation of seed composition and quality, but largely only in crop species. We show here that 1.5T NMR provides a reliable means for analysing the seed lipid fraction present in a wide range of species, where both the seed size and lipid concentration differed by >10 fold. Little use of high field NMR has been made in seed research to date, even though it potentially offers many opportunities for studying seed development, metabolism and storage. Here we demonstrate how 17.5T and 20T NMR can be applied to image seed structure, and analyse lipid and metabolite distribution. We suggest that further technical developments in NMR/MRI will facilitate significant advances in our understanding of seed biology.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1426-1439
Number of pages	14
Journal	Materials
Volume	4
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ma4081426
State	Published - 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science(all)

Access to Document

10.3390/ma4081426

Cite this

@article{83b851c601274ace895aa3ec61a80845,

title = "Low and high field magnetic resonance for in vivo analysis of seeds",

abstract = "Low field NMR has been successfully used for the evaluation of seed composition and quality, but largely only in crop species. We show here that 1.5T NMR provides a reliable means for analysing the seed lipid fraction present in a wide range of species, where both the seed size and lipid concentration differed by >10 fold. Little use of high field NMR has been made in seed research to date, even though it potentially offers many opportunities for studying seed development, metabolism and storage. Here we demonstrate how 17.5T and 20T NMR can be applied to image seed structure, and analyse lipid and metabolite distribution. We suggest that further technical developments in NMR/MRI will facilitate significant advances in our understanding of seed biology.",

author = "Ljudmilla Borisjuk and Hardy Rolletschek and Johannes Fuchs and Gerd Melkus and Thomas Neuberger",

year = "2011",

doi = "10.3390/ma4081426",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "4",

pages = "1426--1439",

journal = "Materials",

issn = "1996-1944",

publisher = "MDPI AG",

number = "8",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Low and high field magnetic resonance for in vivo analysis of seeds

AU - Borisjuk, Ljudmilla

AU - Rolletschek, Hardy

AU - Fuchs, Johannes

AU - Melkus, Gerd

AU - Neuberger, Thomas

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - Low field NMR has been successfully used for the evaluation of seed composition and quality, but largely only in crop species. We show here that 1.5T NMR provides a reliable means for analysing the seed lipid fraction present in a wide range of species, where both the seed size and lipid concentration differed by >10 fold. Little use of high field NMR has been made in seed research to date, even though it potentially offers many opportunities for studying seed development, metabolism and storage. Here we demonstrate how 17.5T and 20T NMR can be applied to image seed structure, and analyse lipid and metabolite distribution. We suggest that further technical developments in NMR/MRI will facilitate significant advances in our understanding of seed biology.

AB - Low field NMR has been successfully used for the evaluation of seed composition and quality, but largely only in crop species. We show here that 1.5T NMR provides a reliable means for analysing the seed lipid fraction present in a wide range of species, where both the seed size and lipid concentration differed by >10 fold. Little use of high field NMR has been made in seed research to date, even though it potentially offers many opportunities for studying seed development, metabolism and storage. Here we demonstrate how 17.5T and 20T NMR can be applied to image seed structure, and analyse lipid and metabolite distribution. We suggest that further technical developments in NMR/MRI will facilitate significant advances in our understanding of seed biology.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859122852&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84859122852&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3390/ma4081426

DO - 10.3390/ma4081426

M3 - Article

C2 - 28824152

AN - SCOPUS:84859122852

SN - 1996-1944

VL - 4

SP - 1426

EP - 1439

JO - Materials

JF - Materials

IS - 8

ER -

Low and high field magnetic resonance for in vivo analysis of seeds

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this