Radial sap flux profiles and beyond: An easy software analysis tool

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 846, Issue , 2009, Pages 85-92

  Steppe, K ^a   De Pauw, D J W ^b   Saveyn, A ^a   Tahon, P ^a   Nadezhdina, N ^c   Cermak J ^c   Lemeur, R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Phyto IT   (Belgium)

^c MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

2D and 3D visualisation; Heat field deformation sensor (hfd); K value; Sap flow rate; Sap flux density; Water use

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649121124     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.846.7     Document Type: Article

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