Novel Plant Imaging and Analysis: Water, Elements and Gas, Utilizing Radiation and Radioisotopes

This open access book is only an introduction to show that radiation and radioisotopes (RI) are premier tools to study living plant physiology which leads to new findings. Who had ever imagined that we could see water in a plant? Who had ever imagined that we could see ions moving toward roots in solution? Who had ever imagined that we could see invisible gas (CO₂) fixation and movement in a plant? These studies demonstrated for the first time that water, ions and gas can be visualized in l...