Electrical capacitance as a rapid and non-invasive indicator of root length

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-17

  Ellis, Tim W ^a   Murray, Wayne ^a   Paul, Keryn ^a   Kavalieris, Laimonis ^b   Brophy, Jim ^a   Williams, Chris ^a   Maass, Manuel ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Modelling and Data (MAD) Consulting   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Carbon sequestration; Conducting tissue; Dalton Model; Eucalyptus; Four terminal; Permittivity; Rooting; Roots; Three terminal; Tissue density; Two terminal; Xylem

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEGUME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMITTIVITY; ROOT SYSTEM; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT;

ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; PLANT ROOTS;

EUCALYPTUS; VICIA FABA;

EID: 84876379034     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps115     Document Type: Article

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