Shining light on plant health: Detecting salt stress with a near-infrared fluorescent probe

Abstract

Salt stress remains a significant challenge for crop growth and food security. The development of effective analytical tools for salt stress-related studies is of great importance. Recently, Yang and Yin et al. have developed a novel biosensor that effectively traces salt stress in plants, based on salt-induced molecular J-aggregation and the corresponding changes in fluorescence signals.

Keywords

• Biosensor
• Salt stress
• Cyanine
• Molecular aggregation
• In vivo imaging