Portable Device for the Extraction of Xylem Sap from Trees
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Plant Disease
- Vol. 66 (1) , 53-54
- https://doi.org/10.1094/pd-66-53
Abstract
A simple apparatus was developed thst provides an inexpensive, rapid, and highly portable method for collecting sizable amounts of xylem sap from trees at various times of the year. The system consists of a hand vacuum pump attached to an Erlenmeyer flask and to the tree with plastic tubing and connectors. [Xylem sap from trees is used experimentally as a growth medium for xylem-invading organisms and in nutritional studies relating to disease susceptibility in trees].This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: