Posted: August 1, 2025
Doctoral candidate Katherine Blocklove works in a Curtin Road greenhouse on Penn State’s University Park campus, carefully extracting intact root systems from a unique below-ground growing setup.
Katherine Blocklove. Photo by Michael Houtz
This stage captures the interactions between plant communities and soil micro-biome dynamics in action. The research, part of Penn State’s Center for Root and Rhizosphere Biology, uses this uncommon system to study roots and provides valuable visuals for lab protocols, center outreach and Penn State research highlights.
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