A portable NMR sensor to measure dynamic changes in the amount of water in living stems or fruit and its potential to measure sap flow

Tree Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 366-375

  Windt, Carel W ^a   Blümler, Peter ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

bean; compact; growth; MRI; oak; poplar; portable mobile; transport; water content

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SAP FLOW; SENSOR; WATER CONTENT;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; POPULUS; POPULUS NIGRA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

PLANT EXUDATE; WATER;

DEVICES; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OAK; PHASEOLUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EXUDATE; PLANT STEM; POPULUS; TREE; XYLEM;

FRUIT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASEOLUS; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POPULUS; QUERCUS; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84929573715     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu105     Document Type: Article

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