Leaf area index (LAI) is an important parameter in plant ecophysiology; it can be used to quantify foliage directly and as a measure of the photosynthetic active and, thus, subject transpiration vegetation. The aim this paper was review work on remote sensing methods estimating LAI across different forest ecosystems, crops grasslands terms platforms, sensors models. To achieve aim, scholarly ar...

Arsenic contamination is a serious problem in rice cultivated soils of many developing countries. Hence, it is critical to monitor and control arsenic uptake in rice plants to avoid adverse effects on human health. This study evaluated the feasibility of using reflectance spectroscopy to monitor arsenic in rice plants. Four arsenic levels were induced in hydroponically grown rice plants with ap...

salinity stress results to decreasing leaf area index (lai) and light absorption in plant leading in yield decrease. in order to study effect of salinity and iron sulphate on lai, absorbed light percentage and yield of sunflower (euroflor cultivar), an experiment was carried out as split plot based on complete randomized block design with four replications in the research field of university of...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Monsi and Saeki (1953) published the first mathematical model of canopy photosynthesis that was based on the light attenuation within a canopy and a light response of leaf photosynthesis. This paper reviews the evolution and development of their theory. SCOPE Monsi and Saeki showed that under full light conditions, canopy photosynthesis is maximized at a high leaf area ind...

biofertilizers are natural inputs that can be applied as complement or substituent of chemical fertilizers in sustainable agriculture. effects of n and p bio- and chemical fertilizers on growth indices of maize (zea mays l.) was studied on 2008 in shushtar, iran, based an as a factorial experiment based on completely randomized block design with three replications. treatments consisted four lev...

A method for retrieval of leaf area index (LAI) using ENVISAT ASAR VV/HH polarisation ratio was derived for boreal forests. The swath range from IS1 to IS6 was studied. The VV/HH polarization ratio correlated quite well with the ground truth LAI values. The coefficient of determination was 0.76 for the sites when data from all 5 summer images and stands were used without separating between spec...

Forests provide goods and services to society and, often, refugia for plants and animals; forest managers utilize silviculture to provide ecosystem services and to create habitat. On the Coastal Plain of North Carolina, forest management objectives typically include wood fiber production but may also include the maintenance of environmental quality and, sometimes, species diversity. Silvicultur...

The contribution of the understorey vegetation to the spectral reflectance from the top of a forest canopy was investigated by the use of a forest canopy reflectance model. Detailed field data, i.e. forest leaf area index (LAI), tree structural parameters like the height, diameter and crown length of the trees, and the composition, distribution and reflectance of the forest floor, was collected...

Leaf Area Index (LAI) represents the total surface area of leaves above a unit area of ground and is a key variable in any vegetation model, as well as in climate models. New high resolution LAI satellite data is now available covering a period of several decades. OPEN ACCESS Remote Sens. 2013, 5 4820 This provides a unique opportunity to validate LAI estimates from multiple vegetation models. ...

Background Under field conditions, the development of crops depends on capacity of the canopy to intercept incident radiation and convert it into new biomass (Gifford et al. 1984). The amount of incident radiation intercepted depends on the leaf area index (LAI) and canopy orientation in space. The fraction of the incident photosynthetically active radiation (IPAR) that is absorbed by a canopy ...