Contactless Water Status Measurements on Plants at 35 GHz

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 312-317

  Gente, R ^a   Rehn, A ^a   Koch, M ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leaf water content; Microwave; Plant; Sub THz; Water content; Water status

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; MICROWAVES; WATER CONTENT;

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; CONTACT LESS; CONTACTLESS MEASUREMENT; LEAF WATER CONTENT; NON DESTRUCTIVE; PLANT; SUB-THZ; WATER STATUS;

CROPS;

EID: 84925498279     PISSN: 18666892     EISSN: 18666906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-014-0127-3     Document Type: Article

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