title: Mass spectrometry imaging for plant biology: a review.
abstract: Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a developing technique to measure the spatio-temporal distribution of many biomolecules in tissues. Over the preceding decade, MSI has been adopted by plant biologists and applied in a broad range of areas, including primary metabolism, natural products, plant defense, plant responses to abiotic and biotic stress, plant lipids and the developing field of spatial metabolomics. This review covers recent advances in plant-based MSI, general aspects of instrumentation, analytical approaches, sample preparation and the current trends in respective plant research.
authors.affiliation: Metabolomics Australia, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia.
authors.forename: Berin A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Boughton
authors.affiliation: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia.
authors.forename: Dinaiz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thinagaran
authors.affiliation: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sarabia
authors.affiliation: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia ; ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia ; Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia.
authors.forename: Antony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bacic
authors.affiliation: School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia.
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Roessner
keywords: Biochemistry; Lateral resolution; Natural products; Spatial mapping; Spatial metabolomics