Spatio-Temporal Metabolite and Elemental Profiling of Salt Stressed Barley Seeds During Initial Stages of Germination by MALDI-MSI and µ-XRF Spectrometry

• Published in: Frontiers in plant science Vol. 10; p. 1139
• Main Authors: Gupta, Sneha, Rupasinghe, Thusitha, Callahan, Damien L., Natera, Siria H. A., Smith, Penelope M. C., Hill, Camilla B., Roessner, Ute, Boughton, Berin A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 25.09.2019
• Subjects: barley; germination; lipids; mass spectrometry imaging; metabolomics; Plant Science; salinity

Seed germination is the essential first step in crop establishment, and can be severely affected by salinity stress which can inhibit essential metabolic processes during the germination process. Salt stress during seed germination can trigger lipid-dependent signalling cascades that activate plant...