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Jan 2025

AP4 Porometer by Delta-T Devices

The AP4 Porometer measures stomatal aperture in terms of leaf conductance to water vapour.

AP4 Key features:

  • Direct readout of stomatal conductance or stomatal resistance
  • Simple absolute calibration in the field
  • Minimises leaf stress during measurement
  • Ideal for phenotyping based research
  • Award winning user interface
  • 5 year warranty

Stomatal aperture is the dominant factor in the diffusion conductance of leaf surfaces, which controls both the water loss from plant leaves and the uptake of CO2 for photosynthesis. Measurements of diffusion conductance are therefore important indicators of plant water status and provide a valuable insight into plant growth and plant adaptation to environmental variables.

Video – Introduction to the AP4 Porometer

AP4 Leaf Porometer features

The AP4 Leaf Porometer measures diffusion conductance by comparing the precise rate of humidification within a small cuvette (chamber) to readings obtained with a calibration plate. The plate has 6 diffusion conductance settings whose values have been accurately determined by finite element analysis.

Quoted accuracy figures for other porometers and gas analysis systems are based on time-consuming laboratory set-up and calibrations which bear little comparison to field conditions. In contrast, the AP4 Leaf Porometer features simple direct calibration in the field against a tested physical standard.

The AP4 Leaf Porometer has many other features designed to ensure that accurate, reproducible readings can be taken as easily as possible:

  • Sophisticated temperature compensation
  • Unstirred leaf chamber minimises unwanted stomatal closure
  • Lightweight ergonomic sensor head
  • Large clear LCD display (8 lines by 40 characters)
  • Full QWERTY keypad for annotating up to 1500 readings
  • A rugged and reliable tool for phenotyping projects
  • Over 2,000 Delta-T porometers in use worldwide

Porometer design collaboration with Prof John Monteith

Delta-T Devices worked closely with Professor John L. Monteith (1929 – 2012) over a period of four decades – from manufacture of the world’s first automatic porometer in the 1970s, through several subsequent versions – leading to the current AP4 Porometer.

Delta-T Devices Founder, Ed Potter, shared a platform with a number of speakers to pay tribute to Professor John L. Monteith at the 2013 American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida. The talk included a history of the development of the automatic porometer.

View a video of Ed Potter’s presentation here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA7yS8JJsLE&t=1s

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