Plant Tissue Sampling Product Applications

2 applications found

Measuring Ion Concentrations in Plant Tissue

Take a sample of lettuce and remove any soil but do not wash the plant tissue as doing so may reduce the number of ions in sample. Weigh this sample and record (say 100 g). Macerate the plant tissue in a blender and add a known amount of hot deionised water to the sample to extract the nutrients. ...

ByAptisens based in Little Island, IRELAND

Flame Photometer for Measurement of Potassium in Unashed Plant Leaves

This method uses a suspension of ground plant material to directly measure the potassium concentration. It eliminates the usual steps of ashing and subsequent dissolution of the resulting ash. The method was compared to alternative methods such as chemical analysis and spectrophotometric methods. Collaborative studies using a range of samples gave a mean of 1.74% potassium by this extraction technique as compared to 1.75% by alternative methods. The standard deviation of an analysis in the two different sample ...

ByBWB Technologies Ltd. based in Newbury, UNITED KINGDOM

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