Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Plant Materials

ORAL

Abstract

Plant stress can be caused by many factors including drought, pollution, and microbial infestations; to name a few. Because many of these issues can affect agricultural crop yield, we use focused femtosecond laser pulses to perform laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) on plant materials in order to detect the effects of stress on plant life. LIBS has the advantage of being simple in its set-up making it an ideal candidate for performing plant stress detection in the field.

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Authors

  • Jeremy Kunz

    Baylor Univ

  • Dmitri Voronine

    Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77845, Texas A\&M University and Baylor University, None, Baylor University and Texas A\&M University, Texas A\&M University, Texas A\&M Univ

  • Alexei Sokolov

    Texas A\&M University, Baylor University, Texas A\&M University and Baylor University, None, Baylor University, Texas A\&M University, and Princeton University, Texas A\&M University, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA, Texas A&M University

  • Marlan Scully

    Texas A\&M University, Princeton University, Baylor University, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77845, Texas A\&M University, Baylor University and Princeton University, None, professor, Baylor University, Texas A\&M University, and Princeton University, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA, Texas A\&M University, Princeton, and Baylor University, Texas A\&M University, Texas A\&M Univ