Stable oxygen and deuterium isotope techniques to identify plant water sources

• Main Authors: S. Lubis, M. Edwin, Harahap, Iman Yani, Hidayat, Taufiq Caesar, Pangaribuan, Y., Sutarta, Edy S., Abdul Rahman, Zaharah, Teh, Christopher Boon Sung, Musa, Mohamed Hanafi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scientific Research Publishing 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35452/1/Stable%20oxygen%20and%20deuterium%20isotope%20techniques%20to%20identify%20plant%20water%20sources.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35452/; http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51873

There is still very little information on the sources of water absorbed by oil palm plant. This information is very important for water management system in oil palm plantation. Thus, this study was carried out to determine current water sources absorbed by the oil palm roots using oxygen (δ18O) and...