Root Excavation (IMAGE)

Penn State

Root Excavation

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Research team members are shown here excavating common bean plant roots during the greenhouse experiment. Using laser ablation tomography, they were then able to section and measure root anatomy in hundreds of samples.

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Jonathan Lynch Lab/Penn State

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