THz Water Transmittance and Leaf Surface Area: An Effective Nondestructive Method for Determining Leaf Water Content
THz Water Transmittance and Leaf Surface Area: An Effective Nondestructive Method for Determining Leaf Water Content
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DOI:
10.3390/s19224838
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发表时间:
2019-11-01
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3.9
通讯作者:
Corona, Piermaria
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作者:
Pagano, Mario;Baldacci, Lorenzo;Corona, Piermaria
Water availability is a major limiting factor in plant productivity and plays a key role in plant species distribution over a given area. New technologies, such as terahertz quantum cascade lasers (THz-QCLs) have proven to be non-invasive, effective, and accurate tools for measuring and monitoring leaf water content. This study explores the feasibility of using an advanced THz-QCL device for measuring the absolute leaf water content in Corylus avellana L., Laurus nobilis L., Ostrya carpinifolia Scop., Quercus ilex L., Quercus suber L., and Vitis vinifera L. (cv. Sangiovese). A recently proposed, simple spectroscopic technique was used, consisting in determining the transmission of the THz light beam through the leaf combined with a photographic measurement of the leaf area. A significant correlation was found between the product of the leaf optical depth (tau) and the leaf surface area (L-A) with the leaf water mass (M-w) for all the studied species (Pearson's r test, p