The roots of plants are a pain to study because it is so hard to see what they are up to. Removing the soil damages them and can’t be repeated to monitor growth. X-ray imaging does work, but it is ...

Plant biologists who study the rhizosphere — the narrow region of soil in which roots and microorganisms grow — have never really been able to take a peek at what goes on down there without having to ...

The rhizosphere is the living ecosystem around plant roots. It is a dynamic ecosystem of plant and microbes that is difficult to study because soil is opaque and complex. By creating a synthetic ...