June 28, 2023; Nathan Swenson, (left) Director of UNDERC & Professor of Biological Sciences, and students use a device called a porometer-fluorometer to measure the conductance of CO2 on a leaf sample as well as its fluorescence (how the pigments in the leaf respond to light) in the forest at UNDERC in Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin. They use this same instrument in the greenhouse at Notre Dame to track leaf physiology as plants become increasingly droughted. (Photo by Barbara...
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June 28, 2023; Nathan Swenson, (left) Director of UNDERC & Professor of Biological Sciences, and students use a device called a porometer-fluorometer to measure the conductance of CO2 on a leaf sample as well as its fluorescence (how the pigments in the leaf respond to light) in the forest at UNDERC in Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin. They use this same instrument in the greenhouse at Notre Dame to track leaf physiology as plants become increasingly droughted. (Photo by Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame)
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