Unearthing the secrets of plant health, carbon storage with rhizosphere-on-a-chip

Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Scientists at ORNL have created a rhizosphere-on-a-chip research platform, a miniaturized environment to study the ecosystem around poplar tree roots for insights into plant health and soil carbon sequestration.

« Unearthing the secrets of plant health, carbon storage with rhizosphere-on-a-chip

Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

A poplar tree grows from a microfluidic channel as part of the rhizosphere-on-a-chip platform developed at ORNL.

« Unearthing the secrets of plant health, carbon storage with rhizosphere-on-a-chip

Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Jack Cahill positions a rhizosphere-on-a-chip slide for imaging by mass spectrometry at ORNL.

« Unearthing the secrets of plant health, carbon storage with rhizosphere-on-a-chip

Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

ORNL's Scott Retterer examines microscopic images taken of the environment surrounding poplar tree roots using the rhizosphere-on-a-chip platform.

« Unearthing the secrets of plant health, carbon storage with rhizosphere-on-a-chip

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