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@ARTICLE{Windt:187268,
author = {Windt, Carel and Blumler, P.},
title = {{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},
journal = {Tree physiology},
volume = {35},
number = {4},
issn = {1758-4469},
address = {Victoria, BC},
publisher = {Heron},
reportid = {FZJ-2015-00941},
pages = {366-375},
year = {2015},
abstract = {Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and NMR imaging (magnetic
resonance imaging) offer the possibility to quantitatively
and non-invasively measure the presence and movement of
water. Unfortunately, traditional NMR hardware is expensive,
poorly suited for plants, and because of its bulk and
complexity, not suitable for use in the field. But does it
need to be? We here explore how novel, small-scale portable
NMR devices can be used as a flow sensor to directly measure
xylem sap flow in a poplar tree (Populus nigra L.), or in a
dendrometer-like fashion to measure dynamic changes in the
absolute water content of fruit or stems. For the latter
purpose we monitored the diurnal pattern of growth,
expansion and shrinkage in a model fruit (bean pod,
Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and in the stem of an oak tree
(Quercus robur L.). We compared changes in absolute stem
water content, as measured by the NMR sensor, against stem
diameter variations as measured by a set of conventional
point dendrometers, to test how well the sensitivities of
the two methods compare and to investigate how well diurnal
changes in trunk absolute water content correlate with the
concomitant diurnal variations in stem diameter. Our results
confirm the existence of a strong correlation between the
two parameters, but also suggest that dynamic changes in oak
stem water content could be larger than is apparent on the
basis of the stem diameter variation alone.},
cin = {IBG-2},
ddc = {630},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118},
pnm = {89582 - Plant Science (POF2-89582)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-89582},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000354778300004},
pubmed = {pmid:25595754},
doi = {10.1093/treephys/tpu105},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/187268},
}