Sentences with phrase «monitor water stress»

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Continuously monitoring plant «water stress» is particularly critical in arid regions and traditionally has been done by measuring soil moisture content or developing evapotranspiration models that calculate the sum of ground surface evaporation and plant transpiration.

Yes, nanotechnology is becoming ubiquitous in our daily lives and has found its way into many commercial products, for example, strong, lightweight materials for better fuel economy; targeted drug delivery for safer and more effective cancer treatments; clean, accessible drinking water around the world; superfast computers with vast amounts of storage; self - cleaning surfaces; wearable health monitors; more efficient solar panels; safer food through packaging and monitoring; regrowth of skin, bone, and nerve cells for better medical outcomes; smart windows that lighten or darken to conserve energy; and nanotechnology - enabled concrete that dries more quickly and has sensors to detect stress or corrosion at the nanoscale in roads, bridges, and buildings.

By studying the DNA differences between these populations of corals and doing various experiments, transplanting cooler - water corals into the warm - water area and in special stress - testing equipment that can very precisely monitor water temps, the researchers are looking for the holy grail: A way to save corals by giving them more heat resistance.

Although sap flow was monitored in 16 trees, drought stress level was measured in only three of these trees (one per stress level), to minimize potential effects of the destructive sampling (trunk cores, root samples, twigs and needles) on the stand - level water - use measurement.

The combined all - weather canopy surface temperature provided by passive microwave sensor, such as AMSR - E and hyperspectral data are also important for monitoring plants water stress for early warning.