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The development of oxygen-sensitive microsensors now offers the capability to determine the localized oxygen status within a seed, and to study its dynamic adjustment both to changes in the ambient environment, and to the seed's developmental stage. This review illustrates the use of oxygen microsensors in seed research, and presents an overview of existing data with an emphasis on crop species. Oxygen maps, both static and dynamic, should serve to increase our basic understanding of seed physiology, as well as to facilitate upcoming breeding and biotechnology-based approaches for crop improvement.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s90503218","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,4,27]],"date-time":"2009-04-27T10:24:13Z","timestamp":1240827853000},"page":"3218-3227","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["Methodology and Significance of Microsensor-based Oxygen Mapping in Plant Seeds \u2013 an Overview"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Hardy","family":"Rolletschek","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut f\u00fcr Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Achim","family":"Stangelmayer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Presens Precision Sensing GmbH, Josef-Engert-Strasse 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ljudmilla","family":"Borisjuk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Presens Precision Sensing GmbH, Josef-Engert-Strasse 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,4,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2413","DOI":"10.1016\/0031-9422(83)80130-7","article-title":"Embryogeny of Phaseolus: Developmental pattern of lactate and alcohol dehydrogenases","volume":"22","author":"Boyle","year":"1983","journal-title":"Phytochemistry"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"338","DOI":"10.1093\/jxb\/25.2.338","article-title":"The effect of subjecting peas to air enriched with carbon dioxide I. 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