Plants live dangerously, but gracefully. To remain hydrated, they exploit liquid water in the
thermodynamically metastable state of negative pressure, similar to a rope under tension. This …

The sessile plant has developed mechanisms to survive the “rough and tumble” of its natural
surroundings, aided by its evolved innate immune system. Precise perception and rapid …

Plant viral diseases result in productivity and economic losses to agriculture, necessitating
accurate detection for effective control. Lab-based molecular testing is the gold standard for …

Tensiometers sense the chemical potential of water (or water potential, Ψw) in an external
phase of interest by measuring the pressure in an internal volume of liquid water in …

Heatwaves are common in many viticultural regions of Australia. We evaluated the potential
of satellite-based remote sensing to detect the effects of high temperatures on grapevines in …

Heat stress (HS) and water stress (WS) pose severe threats to viticulture, and effective
management solutions to counter their effects on grapevine performance must be examined. In …

Hydraulics of plants that have different strategies of stomatal regulation under water stress
are relatively poorly understood. We explore how root and shoot hydraulics, stomatal …

Absorbance-transmission and fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (A-TEEM) spectroscopy
was investigated as a rapid method for predicting maturity indices using Cabernet …

With increasingly advanced remote sensing systems, more accurate retrievals of crop water
status are being made at the individual crop level to aid in precision irrigation. This paper …

Wine made from grapes exposed to bushfire smoke can exhibit unpleasant smoky, ashy
characters, which have been attributed to the presence of smoke-derived volatile phenols, in …