Biomimetic Replication of Root Surface Microstructure using Alteration of Soft Lithography

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5 августа 2020 г.

10.3791/61437-v

5 августа 2020 г.

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Pallavi Kumari¹ , Tali Sayas¹ , Maya Kleiman¹^,²

¹Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (Volcani Center), ²Agro-NanoTechnology and Advanced Materials Center, Agricultural Research Organization (Volcani Center)

Biomimetics has been previously used as a tool to study leaf-microorganism interactions. However, no such tool exists for roots. Here, we develop a protocol to form synthetic surfaces mimicking root surface microstructure for the study of root-environment interactions.