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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 1997, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (2): 117-126.

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A STUDY ON COMPARISON OF MEASURING WATER-CONSUMPTION FOR TRANSPIRATION IN POPLAR

Fengjue Liu1,Shikai Zheng1,Guansheng Ju1,WRN Edwards2,Yande Wu3   

  1. 1. Forest Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Foresty Beijing 100091
    2. Hort. and Food Research institute New Zealand
    3. Forest Bureau of Yinan County, Shandong Province Yinan 276300
  • Received:1995-08-01 Online:1997-03-25 Published:1997-03-25

Abstract:

A study on comparison of five methods for the transpiration water-comsumption conducted in poplar plantation in Shandong province (Populus deltoides cv."Lux"ex.Ⅰ-69/55) and Ningxia Autonomous Region (Populus opera) from 1989 to 1991.The five measuring methods are whole-tree potometer, quick-weighing method, LI-1600 porometer, heat pulse technique and Penman-Monteith method.The results of the study are as follows:(1) Supposing that the relative value of daily transpiration waterconsumption per tree measured with whole-tree potometer is 100%, the relative value measured by quick-weighing method is 130%-140%, the relative value measured with LI-1600 porometer is 291% and the relative value measured by heat pulse technique is 90.14%.(2) Supposing that the relative value of the daily transpiration water-consumption per tree measured by heat pulse technique is 100%, the relative value measured by quick-weighing method is 88% in 6-year-old tree and 112% in 2-year-old tree.(3) The value measured with LI-1600 porometer is 30%-90% higher than that measured by quick-weighing method in Ningxia arid zone and 140%-220% higher than that in more humid area of Shandong Province.(4) The value measured by Penman-Monteith method is very close to that measured with whole-tree potometer and that measured by heat pulse technique with errors less than 2%.

Key words: Transpiration, Water-consumption of tree, Technique for measuring transpiration, Whole-tree potometer, Heat pulse techniquee