Development of Non-Destructive Testing Device for Plant Leaf Expansion Monitoring

Abstract

This paper designs a plant leaf expansion pressure non-destructive detection device, aiming to promote plant leaf expansion pressure research and achieve precision irrigation. The design is based on leaf expansion pressure probe technology, which can effectively monitor the plant leaf expansion pressure by detecting the feedback of the leaf under constant pressure. In this paper, the stability of the sensor and the calibration model is tested. The calibration experiments showed that the coefficient of determination R2 of the sensor was over 0.99, the static test results showed that the range of the sensor was 0–300 kPa, and the fluctuation of the sensor was less than 0.2 kPa during the long-term stability test. The indoor comparison tests showed that there was a significant difference in the variation of leaf expansion pressure data between plants under drought conditions and normal conditions. The irrigation experiments showed that the leaf expansion pressure was very sensitive to irrigation. The correlation between the expansion pressure data and the environmental factors was analyzed. The correlation coefficient between expansion pressure and light intensity was found to be 0.817. The results of the outdoor experiments showed that there was a significant difference in the expansion pressure of plants under different weather conditions. The data show that the plant leaf expansion pressure non-destructive detection device designed in this paper can be used both as an effective means of detecting plant leaf expansion pressure and promoting the research of plant physiological feedback mechanisms and precision irrigation.