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Rather than surveying LSFM hardware or rhizosphere imaging broadly, this review evaluates light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) as a platform for claim-level live spatial validation. Evidence is separated into four levels: A, direct LSFM evidence; B, an LSFM-compatible sample or device demonstrated with another modality; C, a correlative or validation modality; and D, a proposed future application. Within the verified full-text evidence set, direct evidence is concentrated in whole-rhizosphere tracking of Bacillus populations, plant reporter responses during early root-fungus interactions, and rhizobial attachment and infection of root hairs. Many arbuscular mycorrhizal and biocontrol applications remain prospective. We compare instrument and sample choices across field of view, numerical aperture, voxel sampling, time interval, spectral channels, and matrix realism; define root-centric metrics for arrival, residence, occupancy, growth, and persistence; and distinguish simultaneous, sequential\n                    <jats:italic>in situ<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and destructive endpoint validation. LSFM can identify where and when a candidate interaction occurs, but identity, activity, perturbation, and functional assays are still required before mechanism is assigned. A minimum reporting checklist is proposed to connect optical settings, environmental context, hierarchical sampling, registration error, and open analysis. 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