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An Inexpensive Method of Determining Plant Moisture Stress Using Freezing Point Depression

Fisher, H.D. (1972) An Inexpensive Method of Determining Plant Moisture Stress Using Freezing Point Depression. Soil Science. 13(6):383-385.

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Abstract

The measurement of freezing point depression
as a method of determining osmotic potentials
in solutions has been used for some time. Recently,
this same principle has been applied to
the determination of moisture stress in plant
leaves. The advent of efficient solid state Peltier
cooling units has made possible the construction
of portable field freezing-point meters of relatively
low cost and acceptable accuracy (1).

Item Type: Article
NWISRL Publication Number: 0225
Subjects: Research methodology
Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
Depositing User: Dan Stieneke
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2010 21:51
Last Modified: 23 Feb 2017 23:18
Item ID: 221
URI: https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/221
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