Rhizosphere Research Products

Rhizon samplers

Rhizosphere Research Products develops and produces Rhizon samplers, instruments for sampling small volumes of pore water from soil and sediments. Rhizon samplers extract water from unsaturated soils as well as from saturated zones. If you choose Rhizons, you choose an easy, nondestructive way of sampling pore water. Once installed, they can be used frequently.

Rhizon samplers are made of inert polymer with no ion exchange properties. Rhizons are fit for taking samples for the measurement of all dissolved compounds in soil moisture or water.  The mean pore size of the porous part is 0.15 µm, hence filtering samples before analyzing is unnecessary.

Fields of Application

Rhizons are frequently used for research in soil science, plant physiology, marine geochemistry and environmental issues. For each purpose, for instance field research, green house experiments, core and rhizotron sampling in the laboratory, or subsea floor sediments, there is a specific Rhizon. For more information about the different types of Rhizons, click here.

Since 1992, Rhizons have been used successfully all over the world. Many scientific publications refer to their use.

Rhizosphere Research Products offers excellent products and service, gives you professional advice and develops custom made soil moisture samplers.

Latest news: July 2010