Q-Box CO650 Plant CO2 Analysis

• Modular Gas Exchange Measuring System
• Temperature controlled flow-through leaf chamber
• Components interchangeable with other Q-Box Packages
• Automated calculations of carbon and water exchange rates
• Housed in rugged box for easy transport and set up
• Use in a lab or Field (with optional battery pack)

• Photosynthetic CO2 Exchange Rate measurements
• Transpiration Rate measurements
• Water Use Efficiency studies
• Dark Respiration Rate measurements
• Leaf, Root and Whole Plant Studies (with optional chambers)
• Soil Respiration or animal respiration with additional components

• Q-A101 laboratory stand (free standing and/or integrated into Q-Box)
• A113 LED Light Source Calibrated in Software
• Q-G267 Flow Monitor, Gas Pump x 2 (1L/min no load)
• G1120 Temperature controlled Flow Through Leaf Chamber
• G122 Large Gas Bags (2)
• Q-S151 CO2 Analyzer (0-2000ppm) (Includes CO2 and H2O scrubbers)
• Q-S161 RH/temperature sensor
• S1730 Leaf Thermister
• C200 Digital Control Unit (DCU)
• A381 Two Solenoid Assembly for switching between reference and sample gas
• S181 Absolute Pressure Sensor
• C610 Three integrated LabQuest Mini data interfaces (9 Analog Channels)
• C901 Logger Pro Software
• C404 Customized Experimental Setup Files for collection, display and analysis of data
• Q-Box Accessory Kit (tubing, filters, connectors)
• Rugged Water-proof case housing the sensors and analyzers
• Manual
• individual power supplies for stand alone use of the sensors and analyzers
• Li-ion 4 Battery pack (optional)

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An LED Light Source (A113) supplies photosynthetically active radiation to the leaf with minimum heat load. The LED light source can deliver approximately 2000 µmol photons/m2/s at maximum output and it is supplied calibrated (in the software). As a result light intensity can be accurately set without the use of a light meter. For calculations of leaf conductance, leaf temperature measurements are required and these are obtained by the S1730 Leaf Thermistor that is fitted in the bottom portion of the leaf chamber.  The G1120 flow-through leaf chamber is temperature controlled.  Analog signals from all of the sensors are converted to digital signals via three integrated LabQuest mini interfaces (9 channels). Data is displayed, recorded and manipulated on a PC or Macintosh computer using Logger Pro software. Each package comes with customized experimental files for data collection, automated calculations and any further analysis.

Operation of the Q-Box CO650 Plant CO2 Analysis Package employs the use of one infrared CO2 gas analyzer (Q-S151). The concentration of CO2 gas entering a leaf chamber and exiting it, is measured at different times with the same analyzer. User specified control of the solenoid valve assembly switches between reference and sample measurements.  When the leaf is exposed to light the difference between influx and efflux CO2 levels (differential CO2), plus measurement of the gas flow through the chamber, allow automatic calculation of photosynthetic CO2 fixation rate.  Measurements of CO2 exchange in the dark provide data of dark respiration.

The Q-Box CO650 includes a Humidity/Temperature sensor (Q-S161) which measures relative humidity of the air before and after it has passed through the leaf chamber.  At the same time,  temperature at the RH sensor is also measured. The RH differential between influx and efflux gas, the temperature, the flow rate through the leaf chamber and leaf temperature are used in automatic calculation of leaf transpiration rates.