Light Gradient-Based Screening of Arabidopsis thaliana on a 384-Well Type Plant Array Chip

• Published in: Micromachines (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 2; p. 191
• Main Authors: Park, Youn-Hee, Park, Je-Kyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 12.02.2020; MDPI AG
• Subjects: 384-well type plant array chip; arabidopsis thaliana; germination test; light gradient module; Arabidopsis thaliana; germination test; 384-well type plant array chip; light gradient module
• ISSN: 2072-666X; 2072-666X
• DOI: 10.3390/mi11020191

( ), as a model for plant research, is widely used for various aspects of plant science. To provide a more sophisticated and microscopic environment for the germination and growth of we report a 384-well type plant array chip in which each seed is independently seeded in a solid medium. The plant array chip is made of a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) acrylic material and is assembled with a home-made light gradient module to investigate the light effects that significantly affect the germination and growth of . The light gradient module was used to observe the growth pattern of seedlings according to the intensity of the white light and to efficiently screen for the influence of the white light. To investigate the response to red light (600 nm), which stimulates seed germination, the light gradient module was also applied to the germination test. As a result, the germination results showed that the plant array chip can be used to simultaneously screen wild type seeds and phytochrome B mutant seeds on a single array chip according to the eight red light intensities.