Portable Living Leaf Area Meter

The Portable Living Leaf Area Meter measures leaf area and related parameters quickly, accurately, and without damaging the leaf — making it the right tool when repeated sampling from the same plant over time matters. The meter scans leaves at 150 mm/s across a maximum width of 210 mm, delivering 0.1 mm resolution in both length and width so you capture precise morphological data even on narrow or irregularly shaped blades.

The key comparison qualifier for leaf area meters is whether the instrument can measure living, intact leaves in the field or requires destructive sampling in the lab. This instrument is designed for non-destructive, in situ work: results appear on a 480 × 854 RGB LCD, and the rechargeable 5 Ah lithium-ion battery provides up to 16 hours of continuous runtime — enough for a full day of field campaigns without recharging.

Measured leaves up to 7.5 mm thick can be scanned, accommodating most broadleaf crops, grasses, and herbaceous species commonly studied in plant physiology, agronomy, and ecology research. Data are stored internally with capacity for one million or more scan records and transferred to a computer via the USB-C interface for downstream analysis.

Typical applications include monitoring canopy development across growth stages, quantifying leaf area index in field plots, comparing cultivar performance in breeding trials, and tracking responses to abiotic stress treatments — anywhere researchers need a repeatable, non-destructive leaf area record over time.