Enhancement of plant leaf transpiration with effective use of surface acoustic waves: effect of wave frequency.

ABSTRACT: Water transport in vascular plants provides remarkable opportunities for various engineering applications due to its highly efficient and powerless transportability. Several previous studies were conducted to regulate the biological responses of plants using noninvasive audible or ultrasound waves. However, the control mechanism of acoustic stimuli applied to plants has not been investigated yet. Thus, the practical application of these stimuli to real plants still exhibits technological limitations. This study experimentally investigated the effects of surface acoustic wave (SAW) frequency on plant transpiration to understand the acoustic-activated leaf transpiration and utilize the advantages of SAW. We captured consecutive images of the enhanced water transport in the test plant (Epi

SUBMITTER: Lee SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9080046 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature