Abstract
Water uptake activity by a living root is shown to be visualized by a neutron beam. To analyze the spatial root image and water distribution, computer-assisted tomography was performed. A soybean seedling was grown in an aluminum container and irradiated with thermal neutrons. Through image analysis, the water distribution near the root was found to be shifted downward, suggesting the relation of main and side root activities. When the water kinetics in the vicinity of the root was measured, three phases appeared during the root growth. Between water decreasing phases, there was one in which the water amount near the root was temporarily increased. Since the microscopic research of water movement around the root is not well studied, this result is expected to be applied further, especially in constructing a water-absorbing model of the root.
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