scholarly journals Canopy structure and radiation interception of Salix matsudana: Stand density dependent relationships

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 661-669
Author(s):  
CHEN Jing ◽  
◽  
ZHAO Cheng-Zhang ◽  
WANG Ji-Wei ◽  
and ZHAO Lian-Chun
1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 2465-2471 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Kyle ◽  
J. A. Davies

A quantitative comparison of foliage display in two plots of corn, seeded differently, revealed that the plants in both have essentially the same architecture despite differences in planting procedure. No significant azimuth preferences were found. Investigations of leaf inclinations indicated that leaf distribution functions are very close to the theoretical spherical distribution, with the result that radiation interception calculations are independent of solar altitude. This greatly facilitates the incorporation of canopy structure variables into theoretical models of canopy radiation interception.


Oecologia ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Hirose ◽  
M. J. A. Werger ◽  
T. L. Pons ◽  
J. W. A. van Rheenen

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syahrun Mubarak ◽  
Impron , ◽  
Dan Tania June

One of factors affecting the productivity of soybean crop is the availability of solar radiation. Reduction of solar radiation reaching soybean crop by cloud cover especially during rainy season or by shade of trees could potentially decrease soybean production. The availability of radiation for the crop can be increased through the use of reflective mulch to reflect back transmitted radiation to the crop canopy. This study aimed to determine the effect of shade and reflective mulch on crop solar radiation balance and crop productivity responses. A field experiment in Bogor, Indonesia in July 2016 to January 2017, was conducted, applying a Nested Design-two factors model with three replications. The first factor was two levels of shading, i.e., without and with 50% shade; and the second factor was three levels, i.e., without mulch, black silver mulch, and metallic mulch. The results showed that the use of mulch influenced the radiation balance of plants, increasing distribution of radiation reception in plants, solar radiation interception and RUE. The use of mulch caused changes in canopy structure by increase LAI, so that the inhibited radiation was higher. The reflected radiation from the mulch increased production per plants and weight of 1,000 seeds in shaded plants.Keywords: black silver mulch, metallic mulch, radiation balance, radiation interception, shading


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