Application of laser-wakefield-based x-ray source to global food security issues
| Autor: | Frederic E. Pitre, M. Dixon, Nicholas J. B. Brereton, Sylvain Fourmaux, Paul G. Arnison, J. C. Kieffer, Emil Hallin, N. Tran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Food security Computer science media_common.quotation_subject 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Data science 010309 optics Crop 0103 physical sciences medicine Medical physics 0210 nano-technology Function (engineering) Adaptation (computer science) Climate extremes Throughput (business) media_common |
| Zdroj: | SPIE Proceedings. |
| ISSN: | 0277-786X |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2263951 |
| Popis: | We present the development of a high throughput phase contrast screening system based on LWFA Xray sources for plant imaging. We upgraded the INRS laser-betatron beam line and we illustrate its imaging potential through the innovative development of new tools for addressing issues relevant to global food security. This initiative, led by the Global Institute of Food Security (GIFS) at the U of Saskatchewan, aims to elucidate that part of the function that maps environmental inputs onto specific plant phenotypes. The prospect of correlating phenotypic expression with adaptation to environmental stresses will provide researchers with a new tool to assess breeding programs for crops meant to thrive under the climate extremes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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