ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Correlative Imaging of Plant Roots using Neutrons and X-rays

Abstract: The interactions between plant roots and soil are an area of active research, particularly in terms of water and nutrient uptake. Since non-invasive, in vivo studies are required, tomographic imaging appears an obvious method to use, but no one imaging modality is well suited to capture the complete system. X-ray imaging gives clear insight to soil structure and composition, however water is comparatively transparent to X-rays and biological matter also displays poor contrast with respect to the pores between soil particles. Neutron imaging presents a complementary view where water and biological matter are better distinguished but the soil minerals are not imaged as clearly as they would be with X-rays. This work aims to develop robust methods for correlative imaging of Plant Roots using Neutrons and X-rays.

Principal Investigator: Dr Thomas Blumensath
Experimenter: Dr Richard Boardman
Experimenter: Dr Silvia Cipiccia
Experimenter: Dr Oxana Magdysyuk
Experimenter: Dr Genoveva Burca
Experimenter: Mr Thomas Clark
Experimenter: Mr Ronan Smith
Experimenter: Mr Keiran Ball

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1920729

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1920729

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
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Dr Thomas Blumensath et al; (2019): Correlative Imaging of Plant Roots using Neutrons and X-rays, STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1920729

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