Ecologgers, Our lab is shopping for a portable leaf area meter to use on small- leaved prairie plants. We tested the CID CI-202 portable laser leaf area meter and found that, for finely divided or very narrow leaves, results were quite sensitive to leaf orientation on the scanner (and differed by +/- 15% compared with areas measured on a non-portable LICOR leaf area meter). We're now considering the LICOR LI-3000C, but are open to other suggestions.
We'd greatly appreciate recommendations or advice from folks who have experience with any portable leaf area meter. Please send your response to [email protected] Many thanks, Julie Julie Kray Biological Science Technician USDA-ARS Rangeland Resources Research Unit Crops Research Laboratory 1701 Centre Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80526
