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Use of infrared thermal imaging to diagnose health of Ammopiptanthus mongolicus in northwestern China

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Population of the rare and endangered species Ammopiptanthus mongolicus (Maxim.) Cheng f. declined rapidly in China’s arid region and Central Asia. There is an urgent need to protect this species, which is particularly important in maintaining biodiversity throughout the arid region of northwestern China. By analyzing the infrared thermal images based on plant-transpiration transfer coefficient (h at) and photosynthetic parameters, we made quantitative and accurate diagnoses of the plant growth and health status of A. mongolicus. Using an LI-COR6400 photosynthesis system, we measured the net photosynthetic rate (P n), stomatal conductance (G s), and transpiration rate (T r). Infrared thermal images obtained in the field were processed by ENVI4.8 software to calculate surface temperatures of the plant subjects. We found that the plant transpiration transfer coefficient of A. mongolicus was in the order of old plants >young plants >intermediate-aged plants. Declining health levels of young, intermediate, and old plants were divided into three categories: <0.4, 0.4–0.7, and >0.7. The coefficient showed a significant negative correlation with T r, G s, and P n, indicating that they can simultaneously reflect the state of plant growth. By establishing hat and photosynthetic parameters in regression model Y = a-blnx, we can accurately diagnose plant growth and decline of plant health conditions.

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We thank the West Ordos National Nature Reserve for its valuable assistance with manpower, materials, research, site selection, and other support.

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  1. International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, 100102, China

    Weijie Yuan, Yi Yu & Yongde Yue

  2. Forestry Experiment Center of North China, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 102300, China

    Weijie Yuan

  3. College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010019, China

    Ji Wang & Xiaohong Dang

  4. Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing, 100035, China

    Fengchun Zhang

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This work was supported by the national forestry nonprofit industry research projects of China, “Diagnosis of rare and endangered plants Ammopiptanthus mongolicus degradation and research of conservation technology” (No. 201304305).

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Yuan, W., Yu, Y., Yue, Y. et al. Use of infrared thermal imaging to diagnose health of Ammopiptanthus mongolicus in northwestern China. J. For. Res. 26, 605–612 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-015-0075-3

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