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Bioengineering

Biomimetic Replication of Root Surface Microstructure using Alteration of Soft Lithography
Pallavi Kumari 1, Tali Sayas 1, Maya Kleiman 1,2
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.

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