Plant Hydraulics Workshop 2024

Plant hydraulics workshop - July 2024
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August 21, 2024

The 2nd Plant Hydraulics Workshop took place in July 2024 at the Highlands Biological Station in beautiful North Carolina!

Day 1

Learning topic: Leaf water potential

Instructors included Daniel Beverly and Dan Johnson :

 

Learning about how plant’s water potential works

Learning about how plant’s water potential works

 

Student Macarena Ferris and Instructor Daniel B. picking the best branch for our measurements!

Student Macarena Ferris and Instructor Daniel B. picking the best branch for our measurements!

Daniel B. and the “best” available branch

Daniel B. and the “best” available branch

 

Instructor Dan Johnson

Instructor Dan Johnson

 

Day 2

Learning topic: Sapflow and data loggers

Instructors included Chris Oishi and Ana Maria Restrepo-Acevedo.

Practicing datalogger programming

Practicing datalogger programming

 

Practicing datalogger wireing and programming

Practicing datalogger wireing and programming

Afternoon trip to a waterfall

 

Day 3

Learning topic: Conductivity

Instructed by Bill Hammond and Marylou Mantova. We learned how to measure and quantify the specific conductive wood area, vessel length with a pressure chamber, and embolism evens with a ‘cavicam’.

Instructor Bill Hammond explaining the process of using a ‘cavicam’

Instructor Bill Hammond explaining the process of using a ‘cavicam’

 

 

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