Canopy Cover and Leaf Area Index Relationships for Wheat, Triticale, and Corn

2012 ◽  
Vol 104 (6) ◽  
pp. 1569-1573 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Nielsen ◽  
Juan J. Miceli-Garcia ◽  
Drew J. Lyon
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area Index ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Canopy Cover ◽  
Area Index

scholarly journals Automated computation of leaf area index from fruit trees using improved image processing algorithms applied to canopy cover digital photograpies

2016 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. 195-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Mora ◽  
Felipe Avila ◽  
Marcos Carrasco-Benavides ◽  
Gonzalo Maldonado ◽  
Jeissy Olguín-Cáceres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Leaf Area Index ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Canopy Cover ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Image Processing Algorithms ◽  
Processing Algorithms

scholarly journals Pasture damage and regrowth from cattle treading

2000 ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.N. Pande ◽  
I. Valentine ◽  
K. Betteridge ◽  
A. Mackay ◽  
D. Horne
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Leaf Area Index ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Canopy Cover ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Hill Country ◽  
Grazed Pasture ◽  
Tiller Density

Two experiments were conducted to describe the damage and regrowth of pasture after a single, severe cattle treading event during winter. One experiment was conducted on hill country at AgResearch's Ballantrae Hill Country Research Station, and the other on the No. 4 Dairy Unit at Massey University. Herbage growth rate, canopy cover, tiller density and leaf area index were studied and compared in grazed, cattle-trodden and untrodden (control) pastures. At Ballantrae, the control treatment was sheep-grazed pasture, and at Massey University, it was cattle-grazed, but untrodden pasture under the electric fence. A single cattle treading event on winter-wet soils reduced hill pasture growth rates in spring to 11 kg DM/ha/day compared to 18 kg DM/ha/day in undamaged pasture on slopes, and to 21 kg DM/ ha/day compared to 39 kg DM/ha/day on tracks. Spring dairy pasture growth rate to 7 weeks after treading was 33 kg DM/ha/day compared to 51 kg DM/ha/day in undamaged pasture. Damage reduced canopy cover to 60% on hill pasture tracks and to 43% in dairy pasture, compared to covers of 95% and 90% in undamaged pastures, respectively. It was concluded that the low spring herbage growth rate following a single, severe winter treading of pasture on wet soil was due mainly to significantly reduced tiller numbers, and a decrease in leaf area index and canopy cover. Treading had no significant effect on the size of individual tillers. Keywords: cattle treading, hill country, pasture, pugging

Airborne discrete-return LIDAR data in the estimation of vertical canopy cover, angular canopy closure and leaf area index

2011 ◽  
Vol 115 (4) ◽  
pp. 1065-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauri Korhonen ◽  
Ilkka Korpela ◽  
Janne Heiskanen ◽  
Matti Maltamo
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area Index ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Canopy Cover ◽  
Lidar Data ◽  
Canopy Closure ◽  
Area Index

An Approach for Indirect Determination of Leaf Area Index

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 655-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally D. Logsdon ◽  
Cindy A. Cambardella
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area Index ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Plant Height ◽  
Canopy Cover ◽  
Ground Cover ◽  
Plant Canopy ◽  
Area Index ◽  
Indirect Determination ◽  
Crop Models

Abstract. Leaf area index (LAI) is important in crop models, but determination of LAI can be challenging for crops and mixtures of crops. The purpose of this study was to determine LAI indirectly from ground cover (determined from photographic images) and canopy height using defined relationships based on crop coefficients. Images of plant canopies were obtained to estimate the green cover fraction. An equation was derived to determine LAI from ground cover and plant height, and the technique was tested on different crops. For three of the measurement dates, the data were compared to LAI measurements obtained with a LAI-2200 plant canopy analyzer. The trend was the same for the two LAI procedures, but there was some scatter. The photographic technique was adequate for LAI determination. Keywords: Ground cover, Plant canopy cover, Plant height.

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