P. Mormile
Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, Italy
Title: Real-time Plants response to UV-B irradiation by active Thermography
Biography
Biography: P. Mormile
Abstract
The effects that different doses of UV-B radiation can induce on plants have been analyzed in a great number of papers present in the literature but many aspects of the response mechanisms remain to be elucidated. In the present work, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time the UV-B – plants interaction is analyzed by the use of active thermography, monitoring in real time the absorption process and the behaviour of the leaves irradiated by such a radiation. The study highlights new aspects of the physiological response of the plants to UV-B radiation and it opens new opportunites for the use of the thermography technique as a new and important tool for real-time analysis of the behaviour of plants under UV-B radiation.