2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A development of near infrared imaging spectroscopy with heavy water to visualise water movement in plants
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23580355
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Agricultural information engineering
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| Research Institution | Iwate University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHONO Hiroshi 岩手大学, 農学部, 准教授 (90235721)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 植物水分生理 / 蒸散 / 可視化情報 |
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| Research Abstract |
Because the chemical characteristics is similar to water, deuterium oxide (D2O) well up-taken in plants can be a good tracer to study plant water relations. At a specific near infrared waveband, near-infrared is absorbed not by D2O but by water. Therefore, a combination of near-infrared imaging and D2O tracer provides a method observing water movement in plants. In this study, we established macroscopic and microscopic visualization methods to investigate water movement in plants. We also developed an user interface for this novel method.
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