Non-invasive assessment of leaf water status using a dual-mode microwave resonator

Plant Methods

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dadshani, Said ^a   Kurakin, Andriy ^b   Amanov, Shukhrat ^a   Hein, Benedikt ^a   Rongen, Heinz ^b   Cranstone, Steve ^b   Blievernicht, Ulrich ^b   Menzel, Elmar ^d   Léon, Jens ^a   Klein, Norbert ^b,c   Ballvora, Agim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b EMISENS GmbH   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Dr Ing Elmar Menzel Ingenieurbüro ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Microwave resonator; Non invasive measurements; Water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928565054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-015-0054-x     Document Type: Article

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