Transparent soil for imaging the rhizosphere.

Understanding of soil processes is essential for addressing the global issues of food security, disease transmission and climate change. However, techniques for observing soil biology are lacking. We present a heterogeneous, porous, transparent substrate for in situ 3D imaging of living plants and r...

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Main Authors: Helen Downie, Nicola Holden, Wilfred Otten, Andrew J Spiers, Tracy A Valentine, Lionel X Dupuy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3439476?pdf=render