Dew forms on the leaves of plants in exactly the same locations as the maximum flare patterns shown in the Kirlian pictures of the leaves. Kirlian photography was found useful in studying ways of preserving fruit and vegetables. Plants with cancer have a very high rate of metabolism, and photograph with much more vivid coronas than healthy ones. Male plant stamens always photograph in blue, while the female ovary photographs in gold. The viability of seeds can distinguished by the size of the corona.
Fertile seeds show much larger coronas than dead seeds.
The photography process does no harm to the seeds ability to grow. Root tips as they sprout from the seed coat show as brilliant red-pink instead of the seed coat blue. As the roots grow the red-pink stays at the tip, visually indicating where the most active growth is taking place. Leaves photographed under the anesthesia of chloroform look very different from control leaves. The bubbles which usually show up inside the leaf show up outside the leaf.