Plant roots play a dominant role in shaping the rhizosphere, the environment in which
interaction with diverse microorganisms occurs. Tracking the dynamics of root–microbe …

Our understanding of plant–microbe interactions in soil is limited by the difficulty of
observing processes at the microscopic scale throughout plants' large volume of influence …

Cultivating native bacteria from roots of plants grown in a given environment is essential for
dissecting the functions of the root microbiota for plant growth and health with strain-specific …

Bacterial colonization of the rhizosphere is critical for the establishment of plant–bacteria
interactions that represent a key determinant of plant health and productivity. Plants …

We report a microfluidic platform for the hydroponic growth of Arabidopsis plants with high-
resolution visualization of root development and root-pathogen interactions. The platform …

Beneficial plant-microbe interactions offer a sustainable biological solution with the potential
to boost low-input food and bioenergy production. A better mechanistic understanding of …

Studying development and physiology of growing roots is challenging due to limitations
regarding cellular and subcellular analysis under controlled environmental conditions. We …

Plants associate—analogous to animals or us humans—with a multitude of microorganisms,
which collectively function as a microbiome. A major discovery of the last decade is that …

The intimate interaction between plant host and associated microorganisms is crucial in
determining plant fitness, and can foster improved tolerance to abiotic stresses and …

Root-triggered processes (growth, uptake and release of solutes) vary in space and time,
and interact with heterogeneous soil microenvironments that provide habitats for (micro) …