Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0062658

Zusammenfassung

Acquisition of nutrients, particularly that of growth-limiting nitrogen, from the soil plays an important role in achieving maximum growth and reproductive fitness in plants. This highly dynamic activity in the rhizosphere, the thin soil layer surrounding the roots, is not easy to observe by commonly used methodology mainly because soils are opaque and analyzing techniques are usually destructive. This project aims at developing a "transparent soil" microcosm system to study the changes in the rhizosphere of tree species in response to species composition and modification of the envir...