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Experimental observations of root growth in a controlled photoelastic granular material

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Barés J., Mora S., Delenne J.Y., Fourcaud T.
2017

We present a novel root observation apparatus capable of measuring the mechanical evolution of both the root network and the surrounding granular medium. The apparatus consists of 11 parallel growth frames, two of them being shearable, where the roots grow inside a photo-elastic or glass granular medium sandwiched between two pieces of glass. An automated system waters the plant and image each ...

Physiologie végétale : croissance et développement; Méthodes de relevé

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