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rhizotron

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rhizotron [′rīz·ə‚trän]
(botany)
An underground laboratory system designed for examining plant root growth; contains enclosed columns of soil with transparent plastic windows which permit viewing, measuring, and photographing.


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Price includes: return coach, one night in a twin room with private facilities, half-board, entrance to Hampton Court Palace, Gardens and Maze, visit to Kew gardens and Rhizotron and Xstrata Treetop walkway and services of a tour driver.
The Rhizotron, a compact exhibition bunker exploring the ecology of tree root systems, prefaces the 108 steps to the dizzy heights of the canopy (a sleek, hydraulic lift capsule is due to be installed).
London Eye architects Marks Barfield's Rhizotron and Xstrata tree top walkway opened at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew last month for Kew Gardens' 'Year of the Tree'.
 
 
 
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