Micro-scale water potential gradients visualized in soil around plant root tips using microbiosensors

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-210

  Herron, Patrick M ^a,c   Gage, Daniel J ^a   Cardon, Zoe G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreporter; Rhizosphere; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; WATER;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MAIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL WATER;

ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MAIZE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PANTOEA; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPORTER GENE; SOIL;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MERISTEM; PANTOEA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOIL; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 73949149459     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02070.x     Document Type: Article

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