Analytical detection of the plant hormone ethylene is an important prerequisite in physiological studies. Real-time and super sensitive detection of trace amounts of ethylene gas is possible using laser-based photo-acoustic spectroscopy. This Chapter will provide some background on the technique, compare it with conventional gas chromatography, and provide a detailed user-friendly hand-out on how to operate the machine and the software. In addition, this Chapter provides some tips and tricks for designing and performing physiological experiments suited for ethylene detection with laser-based photo-acoustic spectroscopy.
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Van de Poel, B., & Van Der Straeten, D. (2017). Plant ethylene detection using laser-based photo-acoustic spectroscopy. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1573, pp. 11–26). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6854-1_2
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