The High Pressure Flow Meter (HPFM) is designed to perform quantitative root and stem analysis without having to dig up roots or drag limbs back to the lab. In most cases, the analysis of a sample root or shoot is completed in as little as 10 minutes. You can quickly measure the major components of the hydraulic conductance in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum (Tyree, 1994) The HPFM will help plant physiologists and agronomists look forward to those seasonal studies of root and shoot progression, water potential, or soil treatment effects.

Application

•  Root conductance in the lab or field 
•  Conductance of shoots and petioles
•  Root stress analysis on trees or crops
•  Modeling root to shoot communication
•  Transpiration models 
•  Hydraulic lift studies
•  Root water status studies
•  Absolute varietal statistics 
•  Mycorrhizae nutrient or water uptake enhancement 
•  Mycorrhizae nutrient or water uptake enhancement 
•  Soil to root conductance statistics 
•  Crop conductance studies 
•  Root interconnection studies