Literature

of possible interest to MIFE users

Papers highlighted in red are central to the technique.
A definitive review of the technique and its applications was published in January 2001

Ammann, D. (1986) Ion-selective microelectrodes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo
Arif I. & Newman I.A. (1993) Proton efflux from oat coleoptile cells and exchange with wall calcium after IAA or fusicoccin treatment. Planta. 189, 377-383.
Arif I., Newman I.A. & Keenlyside N. (1995) Proton flux measurement from tissues in buffered solution. Plant, Cell & Environment. 18, 1319-1324.
Henriksen G.H., Bloom A.J. & Spanswick R.M. (1990) Measurement of net fluxes of ammonium and nitrate at the surface of barley roots using ion-selective microelectrodes. Plant Physiology 93, 271-280.
Henriksen G.H., Raman D.R., Walker L.P. & Spanswick R.M. (1992) Measurement of net fluxes of ammonium and nitrate at the surface of barley roots using ion-selective microelectrodes. II. Patterns of uptake along the root axis and evaluation of the microelectrode flux estimation technique. Plant Physiology 99, 734-747.
Huang J.W., Grunes D.L. & Kochian L. (1992) Aluminium effects on the kinetics of calcium uptake into cells of the wheat root apex. Quantification of calcium fluxes using a calcium-selective vibrating microelectrode. Planta 188, 414-421.
Hush J.M., Newman I.A. & Overall R.L. (1992) Utilizition of the vibrating probe and ion-selective microelectrode techniques to investigate electrophysiological responses to wounding in pea roots. Journal of Experimental Botany 43, 1251-1257.
Hush J M, Overall R L & Newman I A (1991) A calcium influx precedes organogenesis in Graptopetalum. Plant Cell & Environment 14, 657-665.
Kochian, L V, Shaff J E, Kuhtreiber W M, Jaffe L F & Lucas W J (1992) Use of an extracellular, ion-selective microelectrode system for the quantification of K⁺, H⁺, and Ca²⁺ fluxes in maize roots and maize suspension cells. Planta 188, 601-610.
Kuhtreiber W.M. and Jaffe L.F. (1990) Detection of extracellular calcium gradients with a calcium- specific vibrating electrode. J Cell Biol 110, 1565-1573.
Lucas W.J. & Kochian L.V. (1986) Ion transport processes in corn roots: an approach utilising microelectrode techniques. In Advanced Agricultural Instrumentation. Design and Use. (ed. W.G. Gensler). pp. 402-425. Martinus Nijhoff, Dordrecht.
Newman I.A. (2001) Ion transport in roots: measurement of fluxes using ion-selective microelectrodes to characterize transporter function. Plant, Cell & Environment 24, 1-14.
Newman I.A., Kochian L.V., Grusak M.A. & Lucas W.J. (1987) Fluxes of H⁺ and K⁺ in corn roots. Characterization and stoichiometries using ion selective microelectrodes. Plant Physiology 84, 1177-1184.
Pierson ES. Smith PJS. Shipley AM. Jaffe LF. Cresti M. Hepler PK. (1993) Ca²⁺ fluxes around pollen grains and pollen tubes of lily - normal development and effects of thermal shock, BAPTA-type buffer microinjection and depletion of boric acid from the medium. Biological Bulletin. 185(2), 302-303.
Ryan P.R., Newman I.A. & Arif I. (1992) Rapid calcium exchange for protons and potassium in cell walls of Chara. Plant Cell and Environment 15, 675-683.
Ryan P.R., Newman I.A. & Shields B. (1990) Ion fluxes in corn roots measured by microelectrodes with ion-specific liquid membranes. Journal of Membrane Science 53, 59-69.
Shabala S.N., Newman I.A. & Morris J. (1997) Oscillations in H⁺ and Ca²⁺ ion fluxes around the elongation region of corn roots and effects of external pH. Plant Physiology 113, 111-118.
Shabala S.N., Newman I.A. (1997) Proton and calcium flux oscillations in the elongation region correlate with root nutation. Physiologia Plantarum 100(4), 917-926.
Shabala SN & Newman IA (1997) H⁺ flux kinetics around plant roots after short-term exposure to low temperature: identifying critical temperatures for plant chilling tolerance. Plant Cell & Environment20, 1401-1410.
Shabala SN, Newman IA, Whittington J & Juswono UP (1998) Protoplast ion fluxes: their measurements and variation with time, position and osmoticum. Planta 204, 146-152.
Shabala SN & Newman IA (1998) Osmotic sensitivity of Ca²⁺ and H⁺ transporters in corn roots: Effect on fluxes and their oscillations in the elongating region. The Journal of Membrane Biology 161, 45-54.
Smith J.R. (1993) Can membrane transport parameters that vary with time be derived from electrochemical measurements in an external electrolyte? Journal of the Chemical Society- Faraday Transactions. 89(15), 2783-2789.
Robert A.M. Vreeburg, Joris J. Benschop1, Anton J.M. Peeters, Timothy D. Colmer, Ankie H.M. Ammerlaan, Marten Staal, Theo M. Elzenga, Raymond H.J. Staals, Catherine P. Darley, Simon J. McQueen-Mason, Laurentius A.C.J. Voesenek 2005
Ethylene regulates fast apoplastic acidification and expansin A transcription during submergence-induced petiole elongation in Rumex palustris.
The Plant Journal 43(4), 597.
Walker D.J., Smith S.J. and Miller A.J. (1995) Simultaneous measurement of intracellular pH and K⁺ or NO₃^- in barley root cells using triple-barreled, ion-selective microelectrodes. Plant Physiology 108,743-751.

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