Defining and engineering the rhizosphere for Australian rainfall patterns

植物利用碳和水的方式决定了农业和自然景观。今天预测植物改良的模型依赖于植物叶片对碳和水的利用。然而，植物、碳和水之间的第一次相互作用发生在根际；这是一个动态的根-微生物群相互作用的多样化区域。我们将使用先进的可视化和数学来确定当暴露在反映当前和预测降雨值的水位时，根际微生物和根之间的细微尺度关系。我们将从微生物与根的密切相互作用所产生的水和碳动态的知识中，提供节水、土壤再生和改进的碳生物储存策略。

The manner in which plants use carbon and water defines agricultural and natural landscapes. Today's models that predict plant improvement rely on carbon and water usage by plant leaves. However, the first interaction between plants, carbon and water occurs in the rhizosphere; a diverse zone with dynamic root-microbiome interactions. We will use advanced visualisation and mathematics to determine fine scale relationships between microbes and roots in the rhizosphere when exposed to water levels reflective of current and projected rainfall values. From generated knowledge of water and carbon dynamics caused by intimate microbe-root interactions, we will provide water saving, soil regeneration and improved carbon biosequestration strategies.