ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Correlative Imaging of Plant Roots using X-rays and Neutrons

Abstract: Recent advances in tomography have enabled sophisticated approaches to understanding soil and plant relations. The set of biophysicochemical processes occurring at the root/soil interface have a substantial control on plant performance, and understanding and modifying them is key to achieving the goal of future food security. The use of high-resolution and 4D synchrotron computed tomography has recently allowed substantial leaps forward in understanding of nutrient dynamics and soil mechanics at micron scales. However, X-ray tomography provides poor soil/water contrast, and therefore complementary methods such as neutron tomography are required to enable water dynamics around plant roots to be fully elucidated. Ideally, X-ray and neutron tomography would be carried out on the same samples, enabling a very rich description of mineral and water distributions to be produced.

Principal Investigator: Dr Samuel Keyes
Experimenter: Dr Richard Boardman
Experimenter: Dr Thomas Blumensath
Experimenter: Professor Ian Sinclair
Experimenter: Dr Genoveva Burca
Experimenter: Mr Thomas Clark

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1810843

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1810843

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
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Dr Samuel Keyes et al; (2018): Correlative Imaging of Plant Roots using X-rays and Neutrons, STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1810843

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