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Ci‑203 vs Plant Imaging Systems: Handheld Meter vs Integrated Imaging Rig
Understanding how leaf traits change across treatments, environments, and species is central to modern plant science. Choosing the right tool shapes data quality and workflow, and one decision researchers often face is whether to use a handheld device or invest in a larger integrated imaging system. Both approaches quantify leaf traits, yet they serve different… Continue reading…
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How Does Elevated Carbon Dioxide Affect Leaf Area in Plants?
Leaf area increase is a consistent vegetation response to elevated carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The increase in leaf area declines due to long-term exposure of vegetation to carbon dioxide. Various intrinsic and external factors moderate the increase in leaf area due to elevated carbon dioxide. Elevated carbon dioxide concentrations from anthropogenic sources are… Continue reading…
How Plant Science is Advancing Sustainability in Agriculture
Sustainability in Agriculture covers economic profits, environmental health, and social equity. Sustainable agriculture involves safeguarding humans, conserving natural resources, and improving the quality and quantity of profitable production throughout the food supply chain. Plant science aims to increase productivity with less inputs, chemicals, and water and more reliance on natural processes and onsite resources. Plant… Continue reading…
Measuring Heat Stress on Forest Trees
The impact of high temperatures directly and alone on trees is significant without the associated drought. Heat effects are recorded at cellular, leaf, and tree levels, inhibiting tree growth and productivity or even mortality. More research is necessary to fully understand the effects of heat stress, which must be supported by on-site, non-destructive data collection… Continue reading…
Mastering Precision Agriculture: A Comprehensive 6-Question Guide
Precision agriculture, also known as precision farming, uses modern technology to raise the caliber and output of agricultural practices. In the early 20th century, we discovered the drawbacks of conventional farming techniques, leading to revolutionary technique development. We live in a time when the agricultural sector is about to undergo a complete transformation because of… Continue reading…
A Conversation with Forest Ecophysiologist Sybil Gotsch: Exploring Climate Change and Forest Productivity.
In this conversation between Galen George and Sybil Gotsch, a forest ecophysiologist based at the University of Kentucky, we gain insight into Gotsch’s research on how plants respond to stress and how different communities of plants are impacted by climate change. Gotsch shares her experiences leading fieldwork in Costa Rica and Georgia and her plans… Continue reading…
CID Bio-Science Inc’s Advanced Tools: Providing a Holistic Picture of Plant Performance for Plant Science Research
Multifaceted experiments that examine complex internal plant responses to environment and management are standard and require equally sophisticated measuring and analyzing devices. A new generation of onsite plant science devices gives novel, rapid, and precise insights into above- and below-ground processes to advance and accelerate research. Scientists can use the tools to study diverse morphological… Continue reading…
