Taro, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, is the most important species from the Araceae family. The leaf area (LA) is important for the interception of solar radiation and for the biomass production. The light extinction coefficient (k) is related to the leaf inclination angle, leaf arrangement, regarding the Leaf Area Index (LAI), providing an indication of the plants efficiency on intercepting ...

Leaf shapes of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) range from highly divided leaves (okra leaf) to normal leaf shape (Meredith, 1 ). The variation in leaf shape results in differences in canopy architecture and light interception characteristics (Wells and Meredith, 1 ). Heitholt et al. (1 ) described higher yields of okra leaf isolines for a given amount of intercepted radiation, indicating that the o...

in order to evaluate the effects of sugar beet sowing date, planting density and cultivar on solar radiation interception, the present study was conducted in kamal-abad agricultural research station of sugar beet seed institute (sbsi) in 2005 and 2006. the experiment arranged was in split-split plots based on randomized complete block design (rcbd) with three replications. the sowing date, plan...

A general evaluation of silylated nucleophiles to intercept transient α-oxoketenes generated by microwave-assisted Wolff rearrangement of 2-diazo-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds is presented. Original scaffolds and synthetic intermediates are accessed in a rapid, efficient and easy-to-handle way. Mechanistic studies by DFT calculations and some post-functionalizations are discussed.

Plant photosynthesis and biomass production are associated with the amount of intercepted light, especially light distribution inside canopy. Three virtual canopies (n = 80, 3.25 plants/m2) were constructed based on average leaf size digitized plant structures: ‘small leaf’ (98.1 cm2), ‘medium (163.0 cm2) ‘big (241.6 cm2). The ratios diffuse set in three gradients (27.8%, 48.7%, 89.6%). simulat...

We present the formulation, calibration and validation of a model to estimate photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) intercepted by olive (Olea europaea L.) canopies. The model calculates the PAR transmittance at any point located within the four central trees of the orchard. The spatial and time integration of this process allows calculation of PAR transmitted to the ground and, thus, the P...

We present an operational method for estimating the amount of PAR intercepted by a coniferous shoot. Interception of PAR by a shoot is divided into three components: the amount of radiation coming from the sky, the transmission of radiation through the surrounding vegetation, and the shoot' s silhouette area facing the direction of the incoming radiation. All three components usually vary with ...

Determining the effect of irrigated and rainfed conditions on light interception, extinction coefficient (k), radiation use efficiency (RUE), biomass, storage root accumulation cassava was objective this study. The field experiment arranged in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four replications. water were evaluated under two planting dates for years. Light interception depended k ...