Biosensors Used for Quantification of Nitrates in Plants
Joint Authors
Torres-Pacheco, Irineo
Guevara-González, Ramon Gerardo
Raul, Romero-Galindo
Miguel, Contreras-Medina Luis
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-02-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Nitrogen is essential for the plant because it is used for the production of chlorophyll, proteins, nucleic acids, amino acids, and other cellular compounds; nitrogen is available in two forms: ammonium and nitrate.
Several tools have been used to quantify nitrates in plants such as the Kjeldahl method and Dumas combustion digestion; however, they are destructive and long time-consuming methods.
To solve these disadvantages, methods such as selective electrodes, optical sensors, reflectometers, and images based sensors have been developed; nonetheless, all these techniques show interference when carrying out measurements.
Currently, biosensors based on genetic constructions, based on the response of promoter gene fused to Gene Fluorescent Protein (GFP), are gaining popularity, because they improve the accuracy of measurements of nitrate by avoiding the interference of carriers ion, high salt conditions, and other factors.
The present review shows the different methods to quantify the nitrogen in plants; later, a biosensors perspective is presented, mainly focused on biosensors based on organism genetically modified.
The review presents a list of promoter and reporter genes that could be used to develop different kind of sensors, and a perspective of sensors to measure quantitatively the nitrogen is presented.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Raul, Romero-Galindo& Torres-Pacheco, Irineo& Guevara-González, Ramon Gerardo& Miguel, Contreras-Medina Luis. 2016. Biosensors Used for Quantification of Nitrates in Plants. Journal of Sensors،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Raul, Romero-Galindo…[et al.]. Biosensors Used for Quantification of Nitrates in Plants. Journal of Sensors No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Raul, Romero-Galindo& Torres-Pacheco, Irineo& Guevara-González, Ramon Gerardo& Miguel, Contreras-Medina Luis. Biosensors Used for Quantification of Nitrates in Plants. Journal of Sensors. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1110331
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1110331