Demonstration of a Porous Tube Hydroponic System to Control Plant Moisture and Growth

Dreschel, T W

ISBN 10: 1289258252 / ISBN 13: 9781289258252

Published by Bibliogov, 2013

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Print on Demand pp. 28.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Demonstration of a Porous Tube Hydroponic System to Control Plant Moisture and Growth
• Publisher: Bibliogov
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1289258252
• ISBN 13: 9781289258252
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Accurate remote detection of plant health indicators such as moisture, plant pigment concentrations, photosynthetic flux, and other biochemicals in canopies is a major goal in plant research. Influencing factors include complex interactions between wavelength dependent absorbing and scattering features from backgrounds as well as canopy biochemical and biophysical constituents. Accurately controlling these factors in outdoor field studies is difficult. Early testing of a porous tube plant culture system has indicated that plant biomass production, biomass partitioning, and leaf moisture of plants can be controlled by precisely managing the root water potential. Managing nutrient solution chemistry can also control plant pigments, biochemical concentrations, plant biomass production, and photosynthetic rates. A test bed was developed which utilized the porous tube technology with the intent of evaluating remote sensing systems, spectral analyses procedures, gas-exchange, and fluorescence measurements for their ability to detect small differences in plant water status. Spectral analysis was able to detect small differences in the mean leaf water content between the treatments. However these small differences were not detectable in the gas-exchange or fluorescence measurements.