Publication Beamlines Strategic Pillar
Willick, Ian R.; Lahlali, Rachid; Vijayan, Perumal; Muir, David; Karunakaran, Chithra et al. (2017). Wheat flag leaf epicuticular wax morphology and composition in response to moderate drought stress are revealed by SEM, FTIR-ATR and synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy. Physiologia Plantarum 162(3) , 316-332. 10.1111/ppl.12637. IDEAS, MID-IR Agriculture
Lahlali, Rachid; Kumar, Saroj; Wang, Lipu; Forseille, Li; Sylvain, Nicole et al. (2016). Cell Wall Biomolecular Composition Plays a Potential Role in the Host Type II Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat. Frontiers in Microbiology 7. 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00910. IDEAS, MID-IR Agriculture
Vijayan, Permual; Willick, Ian R.; Lahlali, Rachid; Karunakaran, Chithra; Tanino, Karen K. et al. (2015). Synchrotron Radiation Sheds Fresh Light on Plant Research: The Use of Powerful Techniques to Probe Structure and Composition of Plants. Plant and Cell Physiology 56(7) , 1252-1263. 10.1093/pcp/pcv080. IDEAS, MID-IR, SM, VESPERS Agriculture
Goff, Kira L.; Wilson, Kenneth E.; Ellis, Thomas H. (2025). Using synchrotron FTIR spectromicroscopy to assess physiological and metabolic changes in photosynthetic mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Canadian Journal of Chemistry . 10.1139/cjc-2024-0237. MID-IR Agriculture
Njeru, Harriet K.; Knudsen, Knud E. Bach; Stobbs, Jarvis A.; Tu, Kaiyang; Woyengo, Tofuko A. et al. (2025). Porcine in vitro digestion and matrix structure of undigested residue of xylanase‐ and cellulase‐supplemented maize and wheat. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture . 10.1002/jsfa.14179. BMIT-BM, MID-IR Agriculture
Ashe, Paula; Tu, Kaiyang; Stobbs, Jarvis A.; Dynes, James J.; Vu, Miranda et al. (2025). Applications of synchrotron light in seed research: an array of x-ray and infrared imaging methodologies. Frontiers in Plant Science 15. 10.3389/fpls.2024.1395952. BIOXAS-IMAGING, BMIT-BM, MID-IR, SM, SXRMB Agriculture
Indore, Navnath S.; Jayas, Digvir S.; Karunakaran, Chithra; Stobbs, Jarvis; Bondici, Viorica F. et al. (2025). Application of synchrotron imaging techniques for study of changes in microstructural and nutritional properties of different wheat classes in storage. Journal of Stored Products Research 111, 102576. 10.1016/j.jspr.2025.102576. BIOXAS-IMAGING, BMIT-BM, MID-IR Agriculture
Tu, Jiangying; Karunakaran, Chithra; Wei, Yangdou; Peng, Gary (2025). Barley leaf cell-wall responses to the penetration by adapted and nonadapted powdery mildew fungi revealed with the thermal-source based Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy and focal plane array. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology , 1-14. 10.1080/07060661.2024.2441916. MID-IR Agriculture
Movasaghi, Mina; Heydari, Mohamad Mehdi; Schwean-Lardner, Karen; Kirychuk, Shelley; Thompson, Brooke et al. (2025). Investigating cold plasma jet effectiveness for eggshell surface decontamination. Food Control 168, 110928. 10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110928. BMIT-ID, MID-IR Agriculture
Sivakumar, Chitra; Stobbs, Jarvis A.; Tu, Kaiyang; Karunakaran, Chithra; Paliwal, Jitendra et al. (2024). Investigating the microstructure of chickpea and navy bean flour blends produced by roller milling: Insights from Fourier transform mid-infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and synchrotron X-ray techniques. Advanced Powder Technology 35(11) , 104674. 10.1016/j.apt.2024.104674. BMIT-BM, BXDS, BXDS-WLE, MID-IR Agriculture
Tu, Jiangying; Qin, Li; Karunakaran, Chithra; Wei, Yangdou; Peng, Gary et al. (2024). Lignin accumulation in cell wall plays a role in clubroot resistance. Frontiers in Plant Science 15. 10.3389/fpls.2024.1401265. MID-IR Agriculture
Rahman, M. Mostafizar; Refat, Basim; Zhang, Huihua; Zhang, Weixian; Yu, Peiqiang et al. (2019). Detect molecular spectral features of newly developed Vicia faba varieties and protein metabolic characteristics in ruminant system using advanced synchrotron radiation based infrared microspectroscopy: A preliminary study. Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 206, 413-420. 10.1016/j.saa.2018.08.022. MID-IR Agriculture
Lahlali, Rachid; Song, Tao; Chu, Mingguang; Karunakaran, Chithra; Yu, Fengqun et al. (2019). Synchrotron-based spectroscopy and imaging reveal changes in the cell-wall composition of barley leaves in defence responses to Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 41(3) , 457-467. 10.1080/07060661.2019.1581662. MID-IR Agriculture
Shen, Jian; Huang, Guohe; Yao, Yao; Li, Mengna; Zhang, Peng et al. (2024). Development of calcium-modified biochar for enhanced phytoremediation of human-induced salt pollutants (HISPs). Chemosphere 355, 141860. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141860. MID-IR Agriculture
Stobbs, Jarvis A.; Pensini, Erica; Ghazani, Saeed M.; Leontowich, Adam F. G.; Quirk, Amanda et al. (2024). Phospholipid Self-Assembly in Cocoa Butter Provides a Crystallizing Surface for Seeding the Form V Polymorph in Chocolate. Crystal Growth and Design . 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01130. BMIT-BM, BXDS-WLE, MID-IR Agriculture