Assessing the potential of integrating automation and artificial intelligence across sample-destructive methods to determine plant water status: A review and score …

C Mucchiani, D Zaccaria, K Karydis - Computers and Electronics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sample-destructive methods for the determination of plant water status have been the
primary reference for various agronomic practices over the years. Several recent …

Recalibrating best practices, challenges, and limitations of estimating tree transpiration via sap flow

MJ Dix, DP Aubrey - Current Forestry Reports, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Transpiration dominates hydrologic fluxes from terrestrial ecosystems to the
atmosphere. Sap flow is the most widely used method to quantify transpiration, and …

Sap flow as a key trait in the understanding of plant hydraulic functioning

K Steppe, MW Vandegehuchte, R Tognetti… - Tree …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Sap flow along the long distance water transport system in plants is essential in maintaining
the hydraulic connection between the soil and the atmosphere. Studying the movement and …

[HTML][HTML] Deriving crop coefficients for evergreen and deciduous fruit orchards in South Africa using the fraction of vegetation cover and tree height data

M Mashabatu, Z Ntshidi, S Dzikiti, N Jovanovic… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inaccurate crop coefficients are major contributing sources of uncertainty that lead to
inefficient use of limited available water resources. Understanding the need to improve …

Oil–Water Separation using Synthetic Trees

NL Eyegheleme, V Umashankar, DN Miller, AK Kota… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Existing oil–water filtration techniques require gravity or a pump as the driving force for
separation. Here, we demonstrate transpiration-powered oil–water filtration using a synthetic …

Do urban tree hydraulics limit their transpirational cooling? A comparison between temperate and hot arid climates

L Shashua-Bar, MA Rahman, A Moser-Reischl… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Evaporative cooling due to transpiration of urban trees in two contrasting climates is the
subject of this study. Transpiration was studied experimentally on local tree species at 'tree …

Vapour pressure deficit was not a primary limiting factor for gas exchange in an irrigated, mature dryland Aleppo pine forest

Y Preisler, JM Grünzweig, O Ahiman… - Plant, Cell & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is often associated with increasing vapour pressure deficit (VPD) and
changes in soil moisture (SM). While atmospheric and soil drying often co‐occur, their …

Phenology and canopy conductance limit the accuracy of 20 evapotranspiration models in predicting transpiration

MA Forster, TDH Kim, S Kunz, M Abuseif… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Transpiration is a fundamental biophysical process, directly measured in plants by dividing
sap flow by total leaf area. Under non-limiting conditions, transpiration and reference …

Oil Sequestration in Synthetic Trees with Nanoporous Leaves and Oleophilic Roots

NL Eyegheleme, AK Kota… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
For systems containing oil–water mixtures, such as oil spills, contaminated groundwater,
various industrial processes, etc., it is often desirable to selectively capture the oil phase …

Passive water ascent in a tall, scalable synthetic tree

W Shi, RM Dalrymple, CJ McKenny, DS Morrow… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The transpiration cycle in trees is powered by a negative water potential generated within
the leaves, which pumps water up a dense array of xylem conduits. Synthetic trees can …