Who: AM fungus (Rhizophagus irregularis) inside rice root
Where: Crop Science Centre laboratory, Cambridge, UK
How: Non-invasive confocal laser scanning microscopy of mycorrhizal rice plants grown in imaging chambers.
Rice plant contains a fluorescent marker that outlines fungal structures (shown in grey) and a marker of the rice transporter that imports phosphate from the AM fungus (shown in red).
Who: AM fungus (Rhizophagus irregularis) inside rice root
Where: Crop Science Centre laboratory, Cambridge, UK
How: Non-invasive confocal laser scanning microscopy of mycorrhizal rice plants grown in imaging chambers.
Rice plant contains a fluorescent marker that outlines fungal structures (shown in grey).
Who: AM fungus (Rhizophagus irregularis) inside rice root
Where: Crop Science Centre laboratory, Cambridge, UK
What: Non-invasive confocal laser scanning microscopy of mycorrhizal rice plants grown in imaging chambers.
Rice plant contains a fluorescent marker that outlines fungal structures (shown in grey) and a marker of the rice transporter that imports phosphate from the AM fungus (shown in red).
Who: Unknown AM fungus inside root of unknown plant
Where: Wilburton C of E Primary School, Ely, UK
What: Fungal cell walls stained with WGA-Alexafluor (shown in grey) and imaged with confocal laser scanning microscope.