From jgruver@principia.edu Sat May 20 12:54:44 2000 Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 07:51:25 -0700 From: Joel B. Gruver To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: capillary dynamolysis 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 **************************************************************************** ****** 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. **************************************************************************** ******* 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 To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@cals.ncsu.edu with the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command "unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest". To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@cals.ncsu.edu with the command "subscribe sanet-mg-digest". All messages to sanet-mg are archived at: http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail