Science Seminar - New tool for irrigation monitoring
- When:
- 04:00pm - 05:00pm, Tuesday, 14 February 2012
- Where:
- Biodiversity Conservation Centre - Kings Park, West Perth
The Science Seminars are held for the benefit of Authority staff and students throughout the year. All are very welcome to attend, including interested members of the public.
For further enquiries, please contact the Science administration officer.
A non-invasive, plant-based probe for online monitoring of water stress under field conditions: A new tool for irrigation monitoring and deeper insight into drought stress physiology. |
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Speaker |
Em. Prof. Ulrich Zimmermann, Biocenter of the University of Würzburg |
| Duration |
The presentation and question time will run for approximately one hour. |
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Abstract |
The presentation will introduce the innovative magnetic patch clamp pressure probe that provides real-time remote control of the water status of plants via Internet. Recent results from work conducted in Kings Park, focussing on Banksia tree responses to water stress will be presented. |
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Bio |
Currently, Emeritus Professor Ulrich Zimmermann is Senior Professor at the Biocenter of the University of Würzburg and chair of the scientific advisory board of ZIM Plant Technology. He was Head of the Membrane Research Group at the Research Center Jülich, Germany (1969-1984), and from 1984 - 2009 led the Department of Biotechnology at the University of Würzburg, Germany. The main focus of his research includes water transport and salt tolerance of plants and development of irrigation systems, biophysics of membrane transport, electromanipulation of cells and organelles, and turgor-mediated processes in algae and higher plants. He has authored c. 500 publications and more than 120 patents. Some of his most important inventions, which are used worldwide, include the plant cell turgor probe, xylem pressure probe and the magnetic, non-invasive probe for measuring turgor in leafy plants. |