Sap Flow Meters for plant water relations
Sap flow meters and bamboo
Bamboo rain, the result of positive overnight xylem pressure was a little understood phenomenon until the research of Michaud, Mocho and Schenck (AoB Plants, 2024). The Sap Flow Meter was used to investigate the relationship between sap movement and the generation of xylem pressure.
Sap flow meters and coconut
A 30% yield loss of coconut has led to research into water usage of coconut trees in Brazil. The trees are not irrigated, and declining rainfall and changing ET conditions affect the plant water relations of the coconut tree.
Highly adapted to their growing environment, these changes to rainfall and ET conditions mean that the coconut tree plant water relations must be better understood. From this, management strategies can be developed and implemented, such as an irrigation system.
Once plant water relations are understood for a species, ICT International can support the integration of IoT sensor data into irrigation control systems, as is being done in other irrigation situations.
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