Watawala Plantations supports Peradeniya University in agri research
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The Sap Flow Meter unit
Watawala Plantations PLC (WATA) recently donated a Sap Flow Meter with six sensor units to the Department of Crop Science of University of Peradeniya. The contribution, which highlights WATA’s ongoing efforts to develop the local agriculture sector and further agriculture education among Sri Lankan students, was worth over Rs. 1.4 million. The unit donated is the only Sap Flow Meter available within the local university system.
The Sap Flow Meter is a self-contained, stand-alone instrument for measuring sap flow or transpiration in plants. Utilising the Heat Ratio Method (HRM) principle, the Sap Flow Meter can measure high, low and reverse flow rates in both small woody stems and roots and large crops including tea, rubber and oil palm. As the only instrument that can measure zero flow and reverse sap flow rates, the Sap Flow Meter is the most powerful and flexible instrument for the direct measurement of plant water use, WATA said in a media release.