A Look Underground: Why Root Interactions Matter for Plants, Climate, and Humans

A video on underground root interactions

 

Do a plant’s neighbors matter? To answer this question scientists study plant roots and what they do in the soil. Hidden below the surface, roots play a tremendous role--from the size of few microns to whole landscapes--on the lives of soil microbes, plants, and even humans. Join us to meet a team of incredible MSU scientists, learn how they design experiments to study soil and roots, and find out how they apply what they uncover to growing plants to make plant-based fuels.

Presented by:

• Alexandra Kravchenko, Professor, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, MSU

• Archana Juyal, Postdoc, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, MSU

• Jinho Lee, PhD Student, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, MSU

• Kyungmin Alyssa Kim, PhD Student, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, MSU

• Tayler Chicoine Ulbrich, PhD Student, Integrative Biology and Ecological Food and Farming Systems Specialization, MSU

• Maxwell Oerther, Technician, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, MSU

• Adrianna Trusiak, Research Coordinator, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, MSU

 

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