Live biospeckle laser imaging of root tissues

Live imaging is now a central component for the study of plant developmental processes. Currently, most techniques are extremely constraining: they rely on the marking of specific cellular structures which generally apply to model species because they require genetic transformations. The biospeckle laser (BSL) system was evaluated as an instrument to measure biological activity in plant tissues. The system allows collecting biospeckle patterns from roots which are grown in gels. Laser illumination has been optimized to obtain the images without undesirable specular reflections from the glass tube. Data on two different plant species were obtained and the ability of three different methods to analyze the biospeckle patterns are presented. The results showed that the biospeckle could provide quantitative indicators of the molecular activity from roots which are grown in gel substrate in tissue culture. We also presented a particular experimental configuration and the optimal approach to analyze the images. This may serve as a basis to further works on live BSL in order to study root development.

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