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Plant and Animal Cells
Alexandrium
Astrocytes
Canola pods, MRI imaging
Chloroplast
Nerve
Neurosphere
Onion cells
Pine leaf
Plant Cell
Plant cells, wounded
Plant stamen
Pollen grain
Pumpkin stem
Tomato plant cells
Thalecress, genetically modified flowers
Trichrome cells
Wheat cells
Bacteria
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Campylobacter
Francisella tularensis
Helicobacter pylori
Legionella pneumophila
Listeria monocytogenes
Methanobacterium
Methanospirillum hungatei
Proteus mirabilis
Salmonella typhimurium
Virus
Plant and Animal Cells
MRI Imaging of Canola Pods
NRC scientists are using non-destructive high resolution imaging technologies to visualize the impact of environmental stresses on plants. Shown here is a cross-section of two seeds in a canola pod, taken using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a higher-resolution version of the MRI used in hospitals. It enables NRC researchers to see inside intact plants. The colour scale, from black to red, indicates increasing levels of protons in small molecules. Thus researchers are able to observe the distribution of water and oil and the impact of factors such as freezing stress on developing seeds.
