Method of collecting materials exuded from plant roots
AssigneesE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Design Technology and Innovation Limited
InventorsMark Christopher Tonkin, Mark Andrew Young, Olaf Norbert Kirchner
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Abstract
A method of modifying the growth of plant roots is provided in which the roots are grown in proximity to a membrane from which water is released during the growth of the roots, wherein the membrane is a hydrophobic porous membrane or a hydrophilic non-porous membrane. The method may also be used to collect materials exuded from plant roots by growing the plant roots in a growing medium that is surrounded by a membrane such that moisture is released into the growing medium from the membrane whilst materials exuded from the plant roots are retained within the growing medium by the membrane, wherein the membrane is a hydrophobic porous membrane or a hydrophilic non-porous membrane.
Claims4
A method of collecting materials exuded from plant roots by growing the plant roots in a growing medium that is surrounded by a membrane such that moisture is released into the growing medium from the membrane whilst materials exuded from the plant roots are retained within the growing medium by the membrane, wherein the membrane is a hydrophobic porous membrane or a hydrophilic nonporous membrane;
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- collecting the materials retained within the growing medium by the membrane.
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