CSS 6080 - Water Status in Plants and Soils

Fall. 1 credit. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. S-U grades only.
Offered in alternate years. Next offered Fall 2011. Lec/lab, R 1:25-4:25
or as arranged.
T.L. Setter

This is a lecture and lab course that introduces students to techniques for field appraisal of the status of water in plants and soil, including methods used in physiological studies, such as the psychrometer, pressure chamber, gas exchange analyzer, soil water content analyzers, sap flow instrumentation, and abscisic acid analysis with ELISA.