Low-cost porometer

A porometer is an instrument that measures stomatal conductance via the rate of water vapor diffusion out of a leaf. Porometers are relatively expensive instruments, but in principle, they can simply be built with low-cost humidity sensors. This project seeks to build, calibrate and validate a low cost porometer for use in future research projects. Duties would include growing plants, calibration with following standard procedures and physiological equations, and making comparisons with commercially available porometers.

Used skills

• Instrumentation development
• Gas exchange
• Prototyping

Interested in doing a BSc or MSc thesis at HPP? Please contact Katharina Hanika or Kim Vanderwolk via the HPP office (office.hpp@wur.nl).