Stands to Support Rhizobox Manipulation and Imaging

Rhizobox Manipulation & Imaging Stands. We build custom rhizobox stands to hold the soil-filled boxes at an angle during 

1. imaging with a A4-sized flatbed scanner, &
2. opening the back or front panel for root and soil sampling or manipulation (see figure).

Holding the soil-filled rhizoboxes at an angle, rather than on a flat surface, is key to avoiding soil falling out of the top of the rootbox, or at least being disturbed, when plants are still protruding (preventing effective soil coverage) during ongoing experiments. Stands are built to fit Vienna Scientific Rhizoboxes, with a special interlocking pattern at the bottom to prevent the boxes slipping off the stand while being worked on. Standard angle of the stand is 30° (from horizontal), custom angles on request. The stands are produced of either 4/5 mm PMMA (for less heavy boxes), or 5-10 mm PP (for heavier boxes over ~ 2.5-3 kg). Side panels of stands are connected with aluminium spacers. We build cost-effective, versatile stands to support the rhizoboxes during imaging and manipulation, get in contact and/or select as an accessory via the Rhizobox Configuration Form.