Booking
All users need training before using these devices.
To book one of these devices, please use the link or contact Ana Fortunato (anasofia@itqb.unl.pt) if you are outside of ITQB NOVA.
Please fill the log book before and after the use of any device.
Be aware that some of them cannot be used independently. Ask the responsibles for any question.
| DEVICE | USE | RESPONSIBLE | IMAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital ABS AOS Caliper (Mituitoyo) | To measure precisely distances, such as stem and root diamater, panicle, spike or corn dimensions, etc. |
Rubén Vicente Omar Vergara Ana Fortunato |
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Sension+ EC71 GLP Conductivity Laboratory Meter (Hach/Crison) |
To measure electrical conductivity (and salinity, total dissolved solutes, temperature, electrolyte leakage...) |
Tiago Lourenço Rubén Vicente Omar Vergara |
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| Camera A6000 (SONY) | Acquisition of RGB images, for example to compare plant or leaf phenotypes by calculating vegetation indixes, such as biomass, green area, senescence index, plant height, etc. |
Rubén Vicente Omar Vergara |
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| CanoScan LiDE 400 (CANON) | Leaf or plant scans for color and area analyses |
Rubén Vicente Omar Vergara |
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| Fluke Ti401 PRO | Canopy, plant or organ temperature |
Rubén Vicente Omar Vergara Ana Fortunato |
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| 2x Portable Photosynthesis System LiCor-6400 or LiCor-6800 |
Different chambers available (fluorescence chamber, small plant chamber, learge leaf and needle chamber) Used to measure photosynthesis (An), stomatal conductance (gs), transpiration (Tr), intercelullar to astmospheric [CO2] (Ci/Ca), electron transport rate (ETR), photosystem II maximum efficiency (Fv’/Fm’), photosystem II operating quantum efficiency (Fq’/Fm’), fraction of PSII centres in the open state (qL), water use efficiency (WUE), respiration (R), An-Ci or An-PAR curves, etc. |
Rubén Vicente Omar Vergara Ana Fortunato Nelson Saibo NOT AVAILABLE FOR INDEPENDENT USE |
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| 2x MultispeQ v2.0 (PhotosynQ) |
2 devices available Fluorescence-based parameters (qL, qP, ΦII, LEF, NPQ) Absorbance-based parameters (vH+, gH+, ECSt and relative chlorophyll content) Environmental parameters (temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, leaf temperature, light intensity, cardinal direction and tilt) |
Rubén Vicente Omar Vergara Ana Fortunato Helena Sapeta |
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| FieldSpec 4 Standard-Res | Spectroradiometer to measure plant/organ reflectance from 350 to 25000 nm. Possibility to calculate hundreds of vegetation indices related to plant growth and health |
Rubén Vicente Omar Vergara NOT AVAILABLE FOR INDEPENDENT USE |
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| Drone DJI Mavic 2 Pro |
Drone for RGB imaging Calculation of several vegetation indices from RGB images Possibility to measure also NDVI index using the AgroCam NDVI camera |
Rubén Vicente Omar Vergara NOT AVAILABLE FOR INDEPENDENT USE |
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| Drone DJI Matrice 300 RTK with MicaSense Altum camera | Drone with a camera for high resolution RGB, thermal and multispectral (5 bands) imaging |
Rubén Vicente Omar Vergara NOT AVAILABLE FOR INDEPENDENT USE |
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| Spectrophotometer Microplate Reader MultiSkan Sky (Thermo Scientific) |
Plate reader (96- or 384-well plates), covering an absorbance range of 200-1000 nm to measure plant metabolites (sugars, chlorophylls, carotenoids, total proteins and amino acids, antioxidants, etc.) and enzyme activities Temperature control 2-45ºC Precision 0.003 |
Rubén Vicente Omar Vergara Inês Luís |
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PlantScreen™ Modular System for Semi-automated Phenotyping of Plants (PSI)
AVAILABLE SOON! |
High-throughput, semi-automated, indoor phenotyping system, including 3 modules:
VNIR Hyperspectral Imaging Unit |
To be decided |  |
