Kirsti A. Golgotiu,Philippe Herve,Douglas Keller,Troy M. Swartwood,Jeffrey D. Donaldson
申请号：
US14540706
公开号：
US09681611B2
申请日:
2014.11.13
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
A pot for use with system for controlling soil moisture in a plurality of potted plants to perform water deficit experiments includes a body portion having an open top end and a bottom end, and a flange coupled to the body portion adjacent the top end. The flange is configured to engage a platform to hold the body portion within an opening of the platform. The pot also includes a fluid reservoir having a bottom portion located adjacent the bottom end of the body portion, a plurality of vertically extending fluid channels extending upwardly toward the top end of the body portion, a fill opening located at the bottom end of the body portion in communication with the bottom portion of the fluid reservoir, and a check valve coupled to the fill opening to permit fluid to be supplied to the fluid reservoir from the bottom end of the body portion through fill opening and the check valve.
