Functional Soil Health

Using a radioactive isotope of phosphorus, my collaborators and I studied how P solubilizing bacteria can improve plant uptake of P fertilizers.

Quantifying radioactive phosphorus uptake by living soy bean plants. White/Red is high uptake, blue is low uptake.
Quantifying radioactive P uptak by soybean plants after harvest. White/red is high uptake, blue is low uptake.
Quantifying leaf area with ImageJ