113-2 Tomographic Investigations Relevant to the Rhizosphere.

See more from this Division: S01 Soil Physics
See more from this Session: Symposium--Tomography and Imaging for Soil-Water-Root Processes: I
Monday, October 22, 2012: 8:25 AM
Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 232, Level 2
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Keith W. Jones1, Ryan Tappero1, Jun Wang1, Yu-chen Chen1, Qingxi Yuan1, W. Brent Lindquist2, Lauren Crandell3, Catherine A. Peters3, Wooyong Um4, Lee A. Newman5, Tara Sabo-Atwood6 and Cecily Moyer7, (1)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
(2)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
(3)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
(4)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
(5)ESF-SUNY, Syracuse, NY
(6)University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
(7)University of Delaware, Newark, DE
The rhizosphere is a complex system that requires knowledge of fluid transport of nutrients and contaminants in the subsurface region, interaction of water, soils, microbes, and plant tissues at the soil-water-root interface, and transport of metals and organic compounds through the plant tissue.  Tomography is a powerful analytical method that can be applied to all components of the rhizosphere and across the range of size scales of interest.  Here, we describe relevant synchrotron computed microtomography experiments on soil and root structures that were carried out at the Brookhaven National Synchrotron Light Source.
See more from this Division: S01 Soil Physics
See more from this Session: Symposium--Tomography and Imaging for Soil-Water-Root Processes: I