Shigometer

Walter Shortle

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Shigometer

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Walter Shortle

Year:

2000

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Maloy. O.C.; Murray, T.D., eds. Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. New York, NY: John Wiley: 902-903.

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Abstract

The Shigometer is a battery-operated, lightweight field ohmmeter named after Dr. Alex L. Shigo. The meter was initially developed by Shigo and his collaborators as a means of detecting discolored and decayed wood in living trees using a pulsed electric current.

Citation

Shortle, Walter C. 2000. Shigometer. In: Maloy. O.C.; Murray, T.D., eds. Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. New York, NY: John Wiley: 902-903.