Hello to all...
A few years ago, I briefly investigated (literature review and some wet lab
experimentation) the paper chromatography approach to soil quality
evaluation that was used by E. Pfeiffer. While the results were intriguing,
the patterns that developed did not appear to be repeatable and I moved on
to other soil quality analysis methods.
Just this morning, I learned that the technical term for this
chromatography approach is "capillary dynamolysis" and that some Danish
scientists are attempting to use it to investigate crop quality:crop
management relationships.
See the following web site:
http://www.matfys.kvl.dk/biophys/biophys.html
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Test and evaluation of the comprehensive method, "capillary dynamolysis",
and its applicability in the quality evaluation of crops
Participants: Tingstad, A.; Laursen, J.; Henriksen, C.; Bengt-Pedersen, C.
(Kemisk Inst., KVL), Kirkeby, O. F. (Inst. for Politik, Ledelse og
Filosofi, HHK); Balzer-Graf, U. (Forschungslabor UBG, Wetzikon, Schweiz)
The aims of the project are 1) production of specific capillary dynamolysis
pictures of selected carrot material (FL UBG), 2) development of procedures
for quantifying the pictures, including computerized image processing and
3) application of the method in connection with examining the effects of
growth,
fertilizing and storage conditions.
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Is anyone familiar with this work or the following article ?
Steffen, William (1983) The physico-chemical basis of capillary
dynamolysis. Science Forum 4, 3-7
Joel
Joel Gruver
Visiting Faculty
Principia College
Elsah, Illinois 62028
(618) 374 - 5289
jgruver@principia.edu
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