the sap flow digest

The Sap Flow Digest is an open resource for researchers, students, physiologists, hydrologists, growers, and others, to learn more about all things related to sap flow in plants. The Sap Flow Digest is exclusively published by Edaphic Scientific and is released three times per year.

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March, 2021 Edition

• • • How to measure canopy stomatal conductance with a sap flow sensor
    • The Dual Method Approach (DMA) and Heat Ratio Method (HRM) compared
    • Irrigation with sap flow sensors explained
    • Reducing water inputs with on-demand irrigation scheduling

 

November, 2020 Edition

• • • Biosphere 2 and sap flow sensors: how do tropical trees behave under drought?
    • Sap flow, evapotranspiration and irrigation management
    • Accuracy of the Implexx Sap Flow Sensor
    • Probe misalignment: causes, consequences and solutions

 

March, 2020 Edition

• • • Sap flow sensors and Campbell Scientific data loggers
    • Sap flow sensors, IoT, LoRa WAN, NB-Iot and modem internet devices
    • Principal components regression analysis for plant physiologists

 

November, 2019 Edition

• • • Implexx Sap Flow Sensor: a new sap flow sensor for the digital age
    • Sap flow data show grapevines can tolerate extreme heatwave events
    • Empirical gradients sap flow methods explained
    • Soil oxygen sensor for scientific research

 

June, 2019 Edition

• • • Drones and sap flow sensors in the forests of Costa Rica
    • Irrigation Curves - a novel irrigation scheduling technique
    • Leaf temperature sensors and water wise researchers

 

February, 2019 Edition

• • • Stem water content and accurate sap flow data
    • Thermal conductance and convection equation explained
    • Canopy infra-red temperature measurement

 

December, 2018 Edition

• • • Leaf versus canopy temperature sensors: a comparison
    • Dendrometers for trees, small stems and fruits

 

June, 2018 Edition

• • • Sap flow, grapevines and heatwaves
    • Stem water content measurements

 

February, 2018 Edition

• • • Detection of tree disease with sap flow sensors
    • Dendrometers: multi-purpose tools

 

October, 2017 Edition

• • • Continuous stomatal conductance measurements
    • The importance of calibrating sap flow sensors
    • Peak sap flow (J-max) data analysis and interpretation

 

June, 2017 Edition

• • • Heat pulse velocity methods explained
    • How to calibrate sap flow sensors for small stems
    • Flowers and sap flow
    • Multi-sensor sap flow system
    • Dendrometers for trees, small stems and fruits

 

Data Sets

Appendix 1 - Data on the Accuracy of Heat Pulse Velocity Sensors