Heat pulse methods can be used for accurate measurements of sap flow in plant stems provided
a reliable calibration procedure is used to relate the measured heat pulse velocity to the …

Water has been labelled ‘blue gold’, and ‘blue gold’ is destined to be the critical issue of the
21st Century. Globally, irrigation is responsible for 80% of the world-wide spending of ‘blue …

Agriculture plays a key role in relation to global water stresses. Increasingly, water footprints
(WF) are being used to indicate the impacts of the water use by production systems. …

Potentially poplars and willows may be used for the in situ decontamination of soils polluted
with Cd, such as pasturelands fertilised with Cd-rich superphosphate fertiliser. Poplar (Kawa …

Phytoextraction describes the use of plants to remove metals and other contaminants from
soils. This low-cost technology has potential for the in situ remediation of large areas of …

We report the results from a field experiment in which we examined the spatial and temporal
patterns of water uptake by a mature apple tree (Malus domestica Borkh., ‘Splendour’) in an …

Phytoremediation improves metal-contaminated sites by the extraction of contaminating
metals (phytoextraction), or their immobilisation (phytostabilisation). Phytoextraction removes …

Plants pump large amounts of water, solutes, and organic matter as part of their normal
physiological processes. This pumping action can be exploited to improve degraded …

PURPOSE: Acanthamoeba is an uncommon cause of corneal infection in which the best visual
outcome follows prompt diagnosis and a long course of appropriate antimicrobial therapy…

Root water uptake and the dynamic availability of water to plants is a phenomenon that
tends to be overlooked by soil scientists, despite the often dominant role of roots as a sink for …