Measuring Leaf Water Potential

Christian Bartell, Haimanote Bayabil , Bruce Schaffer, , and

Release Date: 10/12/2021

Reviewed At: 11/5/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ae563-2021

Agriculture

Abstract

This article summarizes the basic concepts of leaf water potential measurements and two available methods for measuring leaf water potential under field and laboratory conditions. Written by Christian Bartell, Haimanote K. Bayabil, Bruce Schaffer, Fitsum Tilahun, and Fikadu Getachew, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, October 2021.

About this Publication

This document is AE563, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Bartell, C., Bayabil, H. K., Schaffer, B., Tilahun, F., & Getachew, F. (2021). Measuring Leaf Water Potential. EDIS, 2021(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae563-2021

Authors

Christian Bartell

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University of Florida

engineer I, B.S., UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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Haimanote Bayabil

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Specialist

University of Florida

associate professor, water resources, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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Bruce Schaffer

Specialist

University of Florida

professor, ecophysiology of subtropical and tropical horticultural crops, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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Fitsum Tilahun

Ph.D. student, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Gainesville, FL

Fikadu Getachew

Ph.D. student, crop modeling, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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