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Yin BR, Xiang YQ, Lyu Q, Zhang Y, Chen YQ, Chen G, Lai JM, Li XW. Effects of target tree management on understory regeneration in Pinus massoniana plantations. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2023; 34:2047-2054. [PMID: 37681368 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202308.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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To clarify the effects of target tree management on natural forest regeneration, with Pinus massoniana plantations in the low mountainous regions of eastern Sichuan with target tree densities of 100, 150 and 200 trees·hm-2 as test object, we analyzed the effects of management densities on canopy structure, plant diversity, and soil physicochemical properties on understory regeneration. The results showed that the regeneration index increased with management density, which increased 0.08-0.10 in the managed plantations compared with unmanaged sites. When the density of the target trees was 150 trees·hm-2, an increase of 9 regeneration tree species and an increase of 800 trees·hm-2 in quantity were observed. The dominance of herbaceous species was not prominent, but canopy structure was improved, and the regeneration ability of understory plants was enhanced. The impact of habitat factors on the regeneration index ranked as soil total porosity (0.591) > leaf area index (-0.536) > Shannon index (-0.085) > available P (0.053) > total N (-0.007) > Pielou index (-0.005). Target tree management facilitated understory regeneration in the P. massoniana plantations by improving soil pore conditions, reducing leaf area index, and decreasing herbaceous plant diversity index. A management density of 150 trees·hm-2 was more sui-table for target tree management in P. massoniana plantations.
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- Bi-Ran Yin
- College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- National Forestry and Grassland Administration Key Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety on the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, Chengdu 611130, China
- Sichuan Province Key Laboratory of Forestry Ecological Engineering in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River, Chengdu 611130, China
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Li FR, Zhao WC, Zhang DL, Dong LY, Wang RM, Qi HX, Zhang C, Zhang GJ, Yang XF, Shi JL. Density and row spacing of short-season cotton suitable for machine picking in the cotton region of Yellow River Basin. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2023; 34:1002-1008. [PMID: 37078319 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.202304.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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To determine the suitable planting density and row spacing of short-season cotton suitable for machine picking in the Yellow River Basin of China, we conducted a two-year field experiment in Dezhou during 2018-2019. The experiment followed a split-plot design, with planting density (82500 plants·hm-2 and 112500 plants·hm-2) as the main plots and row spacing (equal row spacing of 76 cm, wide-narrow row spacing of 66 cm+10 cm, equal row spacing of 60 cm) as the subplots. We examined the effects of planting density and row spacing on growth and development, canopy structure, seed cotton yield and fiber quality of short-season cotton. The results showed that plant height and LAI under high density treatment were significantly greater than those under low density treatment. The transmittance of the bottom layer was significantly lower than under low density treatment. Plant height under 76 cm equal row spacing was significantly higher than that under 60 cm equal row spacing, while that under wide-narrow row spacing (66 cm +10 cm) was significantly smaller than that under 60 cm equal row spacing in peak bolling stage. The effects of row spacing on LAI varied between the two years, densities, and growth stages. On the whole, the LAI under the wide-narrow row spacing (66 cm+10 cm) was higher, with the curve declining gently after the peak, and it was higher than that in the two cases of equal row spacing in the harvest time. The change in transmittance of the bottom layer presented the opposite trend. Density, row spacing, and their interaction had significant effects on seed cotton yield and its components. In both years, seed cotton yield was the highest (3832 kg·hm-2 in 2018, 3235 kg·hm-2 in 2019) under wide-narrow row spacing (66 cm+10 cm), and it was more stable at high densities. Fiber quality was less affected by density and row spacing. To sum up, the optimal density and row spacing of short-season cotton were as follows: density with 112500 plants·hm-2 and wide-narrow row spacing (66 cm+10 cm).
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- Feng-Rui Li
- Acadmy of Agriculture Science of Dezhou City, Dezhou 253015, Shandong, China
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- Acadmy of Agriculture Science of Dezhou City, Dezhou 253015, Shandong, China
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- Acadmy of Agriculture Science of Dezhou City, Dezhou 253015, Shandong, China
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- Acadmy of Agriculture Science of Dezhou City, Dezhou 253015, Shandong, China
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- Acadmy of Agriculture Science of Dezhou City, Dezhou 253015, Shandong, China
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- Acadmy of Agriculture Science of Dezhou City, Dezhou 253015, Shandong, China
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- Acadmy of Agriculture Science of Dezhou City, Dezhou 253015, Shandong, China
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- Acadmy of Agriculture Science of Dezhou City, Dezhou 253015, Shandong, China
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- Acadmy of Agriculture Science of Dezhou City, Dezhou 253015, Shandong, China
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- Acadmy of Agriculture Science of Dezhou City, Dezhou 253015, Shandong, China
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Liu X, Gu S, Wen W, Lu X, Jin Y, Zhang Y, Guo X. Disentangling the Heterosis in Biomass Production and Radiation Use Efficiency in Maize: A Phytomer-Based 3D Modelling Approach. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:1229. [PMID: 36986918 PMCID: PMC10052571 DOI: 10.3390/plants12061229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Maize (Zea mays L.) benefits from heterosis in-yield formation and photosynthetic efficiency through optimizing canopy structure and improving leaf photosynthesis. However, the role of canopy structure and photosynthetic capacity in determining heterosis in biomass production and radiation use efficiency has not been separately clarified. We developed a quantitative framework based on a phytomer-based three-dimensional canopy photosynthesis model and simulated light capture and canopy photosynthetic production in scenarios with and without heterosis in either canopy structure or leaf photosynthetic capacity. The accumulated above-ground biomass of Jingnongke728 was 39% and 31% higher than its male parent, Jing2416, and female parent, JingMC01, while accumulated photosynthetically active radiation was 23% and 14% higher, correspondingly, leading to an increase of 13% and 17% in radiation use efficiency. The increasing post-silking radiation use efficiency was mainly attributed to leaf photosynthetic improvement, while the dominant contributing factor differs for male and female parents for heterosis in post-silking yield formation. This quantitative framework illustrates the potential to identify the key traits related to yield and radiation use efficiency and helps breeders to make selections for higher yield and photosynthetic efficiency.
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- Xiang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
- Beijing Key Lab of Digital Plant, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Key Lab of Digital Plant, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, China
- Information Technology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Key Lab of Digital Plant, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, China
- Information Technology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Key Lab of Digital Plant, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, China
- Information Technology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- Beijing Key Lab of Digital Plant, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
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- Beijing Key Lab of Digital Plant, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, China
- Information Technology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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Li F, Hao D, Zhu Q, Yuan K, Braghiere RK, He L, Luo X, Wei S, Riley WJ, Zeng Y, Chen M. Vegetation clumping modulates global photosynthesis through adjusting canopy light environment. Glob Chang Biol 2023; 29:731-746. [PMID: 36281563 PMCID: PMC10100496 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The spatial dispersion of photoelements within a vegetation canopy, quantified by the clumping index (CI), directly regulates the within-canopy light environment and photosynthesis rate, but is not commonly implemented in terrestrial biosphere models to estimate the ecosystem carbon cycle. A few global CI products have been developed recently with remote sensing measurements, making it possible to examine the global impacts of CI. This study deployed CI in the radiative transfer scheme of the Community Land Model version 5 (CLM5) and used the revised CLM5 to quantitatively evaluate the extent to which CI can affect canopy absorbed radiation and gross primary production (GPP), and for the first time, considering the uncertainty and seasonal variation of CI with multiple remote sensing products. Compared to the results without considering the CI impact, the revised CLM5 estimated that sunlit canopy absorbed up to 9%-15% and 23%-34% less direct and diffuse radiation, respectively, while shaded canopy absorbed 3%-18% more diffuse radiation across different biome types. The CI impacts on canopy light conditions included changes in canopy light absorption, and sunlit-shaded leaf area fraction related to nitrogen distribution and thus the maximum rate of Rubisco carboxylase activity (Vcmax ), which together decreased photosynthesis in sunlit canopy by 5.9-7.2 PgC year-1 while enhanced photosynthesis by 6.9-8.2 PgC year-1 in shaded canopy. With higher light use efficiency of shaded leaves, shaded canopy increased photosynthesis compensated and exceeded the lost photosynthesis in sunlit canopy, resulting in 1.0 ± 0.12 PgC year-1 net increase in GPP. The uncertainty of GPP due to the different input CI datasets was much larger than that caused by CI seasonal variations, and was up to 50% of the magnitude of GPP interannual variations in the tropical regions. This study highlights the necessity of considering the impacts of CI and its uncertainty in terrestrial biosphere models.
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- Fa Li
- Department of Forest and Wildlife EcologyUniversity of Wisconsin‐MadisonMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change DivisionPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashingtonUSA
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- Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Climate Sciences DepartmentLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Climate Sciences DepartmentLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Division of Geological and Planetary SciencesCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadenaCaliforniaUSA
- Jet Propulsion LaboratoryCalifornia Institute of TechnologyPasadenaCaliforniaUSA
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- Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth ObservationNatural Resources CanadaOttawaOntarioCanada
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- Department of GeographyNational University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
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- Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and ProcessingNational University of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore
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- Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Climate Sciences DepartmentLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife EcologyUniversity of Wisconsin‐MadisonMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife EcologyUniversity of Wisconsin‐MadisonMadisonWisconsinUSA
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Chai Y, Zhao Z, Lu S, Chen L, Hu Y. Field Evaluation of Wheat Varieties Using Canopy Temperature Depression in Three Different Climatic Growing Seasons. Plants (Basel) 2022; 11:3471. [PMID: 36559583 PMCID: PMC9785455 DOI: 10.3390/plants11243471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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During the breeding progress, screening excellent wheat varieties and lines takes lots of labor and time. Moreover, different climatic conditions will bring more complex and unpredictable situations. Therefore, the selection efficiency needs to be improved by applying the proper selection index. This study evaluates the capability of CTD as an index for evaluating wheat germplasm in field conditions and proposes a strategy for the proper and efficient application of CTD as an index in breeding programs. In this study, 186 bread wheat varieties were grown in the field and evaluated for three continuous years with varied climatic conditions: normal, spring freezing, and early drought climatic conditions. The CTD and photosynthetic parameters were investigated at three key growth stages, canopy structural traits at the early grain filling stage, and yield traits at maturity. The variations in CTD among varieties were the highest in normal conditions and lowest in spring freezing conditions. CTD at the three growing stages was significantly and positively correlated for each growing season, and CTD at the middle grain filling stage was most significantly correlated across the three growing seasons, suggesting that CTD at the middle grain filling stage might be more important for evaluation. CTD was greatly affected by photosynthetic and canopy structural traits, which varied in different climatic conditions. Plant height, peduncle length, and the distance of the flag leaf to the spike were negatively correlated with CTD at the middle grain filling stage in both normal and drought conditions but positively correlated with CTD at the three stages in spring freezing conditions. Flag leaf length was positively correlated with CTD at the three stages in normal conditions but negatively correlated with CTD at the heading and middle grain filling stages in spring freezing conditions. Further analysis showed that CTD could be an index for evaluating the photosynthetic and yield traits of wheat germplasm in different environments, with varied characteristics in different climatic conditions. In normal conditions, the varieties with higher CTDs at the early filling stage had higher photosynthetic capacities and higher yields; in drought conditions, the varieties with high CTDs had better photosynthetic capacities, but those with moderate CTD had higher yield, while in spring freezing conditions, there were no differences in yield and biomass among the CTD groups. In sum, CTD could be used as an index to screen wheat varieties in specific climatic conditions, especially in normal and drought conditions, for photosynthetic parameters and some yield traits.
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- Yongmao Chai
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
- Institute of Water Saving Agriculture in Arid Regions of China, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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Tooley EG, Nippert JB, Bachle S, Keen RM. Intra-canopy leaf trait variation facilitates high leaf area index and compensatory growth in a clonal woody encroaching shrub. Tree Physiol 2022; 42:2186-2202. [PMID: 35861679 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Leaf trait variation enables plants to utilize large gradients of light availability that exist across canopies of high leaf area index (LAI), allowing for greater net carbon gain while reducing light availability for understory competitors. While these canopy dynamics are well understood in forest ecosystems, studies of canopy structure of woody shrubs in grasslands are lacking. To evaluate the investment strategy used by these shrubs, we investigated the vertical distribution of leaf traits and physiology across canopies of Cornus drummondii, the predominant woody encroaching shrub in the Kansas tallgrass prairie. We also examined the impact of disturbance by browsing and grazing on these factors. Our results reveal that leaf mass per area (LMA) and leaf nitrogen per area (Na) varied approximately threefold across canopies of C. drummondii, resulting in major differences in the physiological functioning of leaves. High LMA leaves had high photosynthetic capacity, while low LMA leaves had a novel strategy for maintaining light compensation points below ambient light levels. The vertical allocation of leaf traits in C. drummondii canopies was also modified in response to browsing, which increased light availability at deeper canopy depths. As a result, LMA and Na increased at lower canopy depths, leading to a greater photosynthetic capacity deeper in browsed canopies compared to control canopies. This response, along with increased light availability, facilitated greater photosynthesis and resource-use efficiency deeper in browsed canopies compared to control canopies. Our results illustrate how C. drummondii facilitates high LAI canopies and a compensatory growth response to browsing-both of which are key factors contributing to the success of C. drummondii and other species responsible for grassland woody encroachment.
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- E Greg Tooley
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, 116 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, 116 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, 116 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
- Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, 116 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Cheng B, Wang L, Liu R, Wang W, Yu R, Zhou T, Ahmad I, Raza A, Jiang S, Xu M, Liu C, Yu L, Wang W, Jing S, Liu W, Yang W. Shade-Tolerant Soybean Reduces Yield Loss by Regulating Its Canopy Structure and Stem Characteristics in the Maize-Soybean Strip Intercropping System. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:848893. [PMID: 35371167 PMCID: PMC8967133 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.848893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The shading of maize is an important factor, which leads to lodging and yield loss of soybean in the maize-soybean strip intercropping system, especially in areas with low solar radiation. This study was designed to explore how shade-tolerant soybean reduces yield loss by regulating its canopy structure and stem characteristics in the maize-soybean strip intercropping system. The soybean cultivars Tianlong No.1 (TL-1, representative of shade-tolerant plants) and Chuandou-16 (CD-16, representative of shade-intolerant plants) were grown in monocropping and intercropping systems from 2020 to 2021 in Chongzhou, Sichuan, China. Regardless of shade-intolerant or shade-tolerant soybean, the canopy and stem of soybean in strip intercropping were weaker than those of the corresponding monoculture. But compared with shade-intolerant soybean, the shade-tolerant soybean slightly changed its spatial structure of canopy and stem morphology and physiology in maize-soybean strip intercropping system, especially in the later growth stages. On the one hand, the canopy of shade-tolerant soybean showed relatively high transmission coefficient (TC) and relatively low leaf area index (LAI) and mean leaf angle (MLA). On the other hand, the stem of shade-tolerant soybean was obviously stronger than that of shade-intolerant soybean in terms of external morphology, internal structure, and physiological characteristics. Additionally, compared with shade-intolerant soybean, shade-tolerant soybean showed higher APnWP (the average net photosynthetic rate of the whole plant) and seed yield in the strip intercropping. The results showed that shade-tolerant soybean increased light energy capture and photosynthesis in the different canopy levels to promote the morphological and physiological development of the stem and ultimately reduce the yield loss of the strip intercropping system. However, the molecular mechanism of low radiation regulating soybean canopy structure (LAI, TC, and MLA) needs further in-depth research to provide theoretical guidance for cultivating plants with ideal canopy shape that can adapt to changing light environment in intercropping system.
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- Bin Cheng
- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, China
- Chengdu Da Mei Seeds Co., Ltd., Chengdu, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, China
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- Chengdu Da Mei Seeds Co., Ltd., Chengdu, China
- Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Quxian Agricultural and Rural Bureau, Dazhou, China
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- Quxian Agricultural and Rural Bureau, Dazhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization, Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Chuanshanqu Agricultural and Rural Bureau, Suining, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, China
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- Chengdu Da Mei Seeds Co., Ltd., Chengdu, China
- Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Sichuan Engineering Research Center for Crop Strip Intercropping System, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Southwest, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu, China
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Detto M, Griffith DM, Hawkins L, Helliker BR, Page GFM, Pau S, Rastogi B, Schulze M, Still CJ. Corrigendum. New Phytol 2022; 233:1966. [PMID: 34967021 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Still CJ, Rastogi B, Page GFM, Griffith DM, Sibley A, Schulze M, Hawkins L, Pau S, Detto M, Helliker BR. Imaging canopy temperature: shedding (thermal) light on ecosystem processes. New Phytol 2021; 230:1746-1753. [PMID: 33666251 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Canopy temperature Tcan is a key driver of plant function that emerges as a result of interacting biotic and abiotic processes and properties. However, understanding controls on Tcan and forecasting canopy responses to weather extremes and climate change are difficult due to sparse measurements of Tcan at appropriate spatial and temporal scales. Burgeoning observations of Tcan from thermal cameras enable evaluation of energy budget theory and better understanding of how environmental controls, leaf traits and canopy structure influence temperature patterns. The canopy scale is relevant for connecting to remote sensing and testing biosphere model predictions. We anticipate that future breakthroughs in understanding of ecosystem responses to climate change will result from multiscale observations of Tcan across a range of ecosystems.
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- Christopher J Still
- Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
- Global Monitoring Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA
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- Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon State University, Blue River, OR, 97413, USA
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- Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32304, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 433 S. University Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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de Jesus Colwell F, Souter J, Bryan GJ, Compton LJ, Boonham N, Prashar A. Development and Validation of Methodology for Estimating Potato Canopy Structure for Field Crop Phenotyping and Improved Breeding. Front Plant Sci 2021; 12:612843. [PMID: 33643346 PMCID: PMC7902928 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.612843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Traditional phenotyping techniques have long been a bottleneck in breeding programs and genotype- phenotype association studies in potato, as these methods are labor-intensive and time consuming. In addition, depending on the trait measured and metric adopted, they suffer from varying degrees of user bias and inaccuracy, and hence these challenges have effectively prevented the execution of large-scale population-based field studies. This is true not only for commercial traits (e.g., yield, tuber size, and shape), but also for traits strongly associated with plant performance (e.g., canopy development, canopy architecture, and growth rates). This study demonstrates how the use of point cloud data obtained from low-cost UAV imaging can be used to create 3D surface models of the plant canopy, from which detailed and accurate data on plant height and its distribution, canopy ground cover and canopy volume can be obtained over the growing season. Comparison of the canopy datasets at different temporal points enabled the identification of distinct patterns of canopy development, including different patterns of growth, plant lodging, maturity and senescence. Three varieties are presented as exemplars. Variety Nadine presented the growth pattern of an early maturing variety, showing rapid initial growth followed by rapid onset of senescence and plant death. Varieties Bonnie and Bounty presented the pattern of intermediate to late maturing varieties, with Bonnie also showing early canopy lodging. The methodological approach used in this study may alleviate one of the current bottlenecks in the study of plant development, paving the way for an expansion in the scale of future genotype-phenotype association studies.
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- Filipe de Jesus Colwell
- School of Natural Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Survey Solutions Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Natural Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- School of Natural Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Hodgson JG, Montserrat Marti G, Šerá B, Jones G, Bogaard A, Charles M, Font X, Ater M, Taleb A, Santini BA, Hmimsa Y, Palmer C, Wilson PJ, Band SR, Styring A, Diffey C, Green L, Nitsch E, Stroud E, Warham G. Seed size, number and strategies in annual plants: a comparative functional analysis and synthesis. Ann Bot 2020; 126:1109-1128. [PMID: 32812638 PMCID: PMC7751024 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Plants depend fundamentally on establishment from seed. However, protocols in trait-based ecology currently estimate seed size but not seed number. This can be rectified. For annuals, seed number should simply be a positive function of vegetative biomass and a negative function of seed size. METHODS Using published values of comparative seed number as the 'gold standard' and a large functional database, comparative seed yield and number per plant and per m2 were predicted by multiple regression. Subsequently, ecological variation in each was explored for English and Spanish habitats, newly calculated C-S-R strategies and changed abundance in the British flora. KEY RESULTS As predicted, comparative seed mass yield per plant was consistently a positive function of plant size and competitive ability, and largely independent of seed size. Regressions estimating comparative seed number included, additionally, seed size as a negative function. Relationships differed numerically between regions, habitats and C-S-R strategies. Moreover, some species differed in life history over their geographical range. Comparative seed yield per m2 was positively correlated with FAO crop yield, and increasing British annuals produced numerous seeds. Nevertheless, predicted values must be viewed as comparative rather than absolute: they varied according to the 'gold standard' predictor used. Moreover, regressions estimating comparative seed yield per m2 achieved low precision. CONCLUSIONS For the first time, estimates of comparative seed yield and number for >800 annuals and their predictor equations have been produced and the ecological importance of these regenerative traits has been illustrated. 'Regenerative trait-based ecology' remains in its infancy, with work needed on determinate vs. indeterminate flowering ('bet-hedging'), C-S-R methodologies, phylogeny, comparative seed yield per m2 and changing life history. Nevertheless, this has been a positive start and readers are invited to use estimates for >800 annuals, in the Supplementary data, to help advance 'regenerative trait-based ecology' to the next level.
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- John G Hodgson
- Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology, The University, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Archaeology, The University, Sheffield, UK
- For correspondence. Email
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- Departamento de Biodiversidad y Restauración, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC), Avda. Montañana, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ilkovičova, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Archaeology, The University, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre de Documentació de Biodiversitat Vegetal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratoire Diversité et Conservation des Systèmes Biologiques (LDICOSYB), Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tétouan, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, BP, Tétouan, Morocco
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University, Sheffield, UK
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CP, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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- Laboratoire Diversité et Conservation des Systèmes Biologiques (LDICOSYB), Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tétouan, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, BP, Tétouan, Morocco
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- Department of Archaeology, The University, Sheffield, UK
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- Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology, The University, Sheffield, UK
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- Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology, The University, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Archaeology, The University, Sheffield, UK
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Jiang C, Ryu Y, Wang H, Keenan TF. An optimality-based model explains seasonal variation in C3 plant photosynthetic capacity. Glob Chang Biol 2020; 26:6493-6510. [PMID: 32654330 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The maximum rate of carboxylation (Vcmax ) is an essential leaf trait determining the photosynthetic capacity of plants. Existing approaches for estimating Vcmax at large scale mainly rely on empirical relationships with proxies such as leaf nitrogen/chlorophyll content or hyperspectral reflectance, or on complicated inverse models from gross primary production or solar-induced fluorescence. A novel mechanistic approach based on the assumption that plants optimize resource investment coordinating with environment and growth has been shown to accurately predict C3 plant Vcmax based on mean growing season environmental conditions. However, the ability of optimality theory to explain seasonal variation in Vcmax has not been fully investigated. Here, we adapt an optimality-based model to simulate daily Vcmax,25C (Vcmax at a standardized temperature of 25°C) by incorporating the effects of antecedent environment, which affects current plant functioning, and dynamic light absorption, which coordinates with plant functioning. We then use seasonal Vcmax,25C field measurements from 10 sites across diverse ecosystems to evaluate model performance. Overall, the model explains about 83% of the seasonal variation in C3 plant Vcmax,25C across the 10 sites, with a medium root mean square error of 12.3 μmol m-2 s-1 , which suggests that seasonal changes in Vcmax,25C are consistent with optimal plant function. We show that failing to account for acclimation to antecedent environment or coordination with dynamic light absorption dramatically decreases estimation accuracy. Our results show that optimality-based approach can accurately reproduce seasonal variation in canopy photosynthetic potential, and suggest that incorporating such theory into next-generation trait-based terrestrial biosphere models would improve predictions of global photosynthesis.
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- Chongya Jiang
- Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Ohashi Y, Ishigami Y, Goto E. Monitoring the Growth and Yield of Fruit Vegetables in a Greenhouse Using a Three-Dimensional Scanner. Sensors (Basel) 2020; 20:E5270. [PMID: 32942632 DOI: 10.3390/s20185270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Monitoring the growth of fruit vegetables is essential for the automation of cultivation management, and harvest. The objective of this study is to demonstrate that the current sensor technology can monitor the growth and yield of fruit vegetables such as tomato, cucumber, and paprika. We estimated leaf area, leaf area index (LAI), and plant height using coordinates of polygon vertices from plant and canopy surface models constructed using a three-dimensional (3D) scanner. A significant correlation was observed between the measured and estimated leaf area, LAI, and plant height (R2 > 0.8, except for tomato LAI). The canopy structure of each fruit vegetable was predicted by integrating the estimated leaf area at each height of the canopy surface models. A linear relationship was observed between the measured total leaf area and the total dry weight of each fruit vegetable; thus, the dry weight of the plant can be predicted using the estimated leaf area. The fruit weights of tomato and paprika were estimated using the fruit solid model constructed by the fruit point cloud data extracted using the RGB value. A significant correlation was observed between the measured and estimated fruit weights (tomato: R2 = 0.739, paprika: R2 = 0.888). Therefore, it was possible to estimate the growth parameters (leaf area, plant height, canopy structure, and yield) of different fruit vegetables non-destructively using a 3D scanner.
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Prieto JA, Louarn G, Perez Peña J, Ojeda H, Simonneau T, Lebon E. A functional-structural plant model that simulates whole- canopy gas exchange of grapevine plants (Vitis vinifera L.) under different training systems. Ann Bot 2020; 126:647-660. [PMID: 31837221 PMCID: PMC7489073 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcz203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Scaling from single-leaf to whole-canopy photosynthesis faces several complexities related to variations in light interception and leaf properties. To evaluate the impact of canopy strucuture on gas exchange, we developed a functional-structural plant model to upscale leaf processes to the whole canopy based on leaf N content. The model integrates different models that calculate intercepted radiation, leaf traits and gas exchange for each leaf in the canopy. Our main objectives were (1) to introduce the gas exchange model developed at the plant level by integrating the leaf-level responses related to canopy structure, (2) to test the model against an independent canopy gas exchange dataset recorded on different plant architectures, and (3) to quantify the impact of intra-canopy N distribution on crop photosynthesis. METHODS The model combined a 3D reconstruction of grapevine (Vitis vinifera) canopy architecture, a light interception model, and a coupled photosynthesis and stomatal conductance model that considers light-driven variations in N distribution. A portable chamber device was constructed to measure whole-plant gas exchange to validate the model outputs with data collected on different training systems. Finally, a sensitivity analysis was performed to evaluate the impact on C assimilation of different N content distributions within the canopy. KEY RESULTS By considering a non-uniform leaf N distribution within the canopy, our model accurately reproduced the daily pattern of gas exchange of different canopy architectures. The gain in photosynthesis permitted by the non-uniform compared with a theoretical uniform N distribution was about 18 %, thereby contributing to the maximization of C assimilation. By contrast, considering a maximal N content for all leaves in the canopy overestimated net CO2 exchange by 28 % when compared with the non-uniform distribution. CONCLUSIONS The model reproduced the gas exchange of plants under different training systems with a low error (10 %). It appears to be a reliable tool to evaluate the impact of a grapevine training system on water use efficiency at the plant level.
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- Jorge A Prieto
- INTA EEA Mendoza, San Martín 3853, Luján de Cuyo (5507), Mendoza, Argentina
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- INRA, UR4 P3F, Route de Saintes, BP 6, F-86600 Lusignan, France
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- INTA EEA Mendoza, San Martín 3853, Luján de Cuyo (5507), Mendoza, Argentina
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- INRA Montpellier SupAgro, UMR759 LEPSE, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 01, France
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- INRA Montpellier SupAgro, UMR759 LEPSE, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 01, France
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Yu Z, Ustin SL, Zhang Z, Liu H, Zhang X, Meng X, Cui Y, Guan H. Estimation of a New Canopy Structure Parameter for Rice Using Smartphone Photography. Sensors (Basel) 2020; 20:E4011. [PMID: 32707649 DOI: 10.3390/s20144011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The objective of this study was to develop a low-cost method for rice growth information obtained quickly using digital images taken with smartphone. A new canopy parameter, namely, the canopy volume parameter (CVP), was proposed and developed for rice using the leaf area index (LAI) and plant height (PH). Among these parameters, the CVP was selected as an optimal parameter to characterize rice yields during the growth period. Rice canopy images were acquired with a smartphone. Image feature parameters were extracted, including the canopy cover (CC) and numerous vegetation indices (VIs), before and after image segmentation. A rice CVP prediction model in which the CC and VIs served as independent variables was established using a random forest (RF) regression algorithm. The results revealed the following. The CVP was better than the LAI and PH for predicting the final yield. And a CVP prediction model constructed according to a local modelling method for distinguishing different types of rice varieties was the most accurate (coefficient of determination (R2) = 0.92; root mean square error (RMSE) = 0.44). These findings indicate that digital images can be used to track the growth of crops over time and provide technical support for estimating rice yields.
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Zellweger F, Baltensweiler A, Schleppi P, Huber M, Küchler M, Ginzler C, Jonas T. Estimating below-canopy light regimes using airborne laser scanning: An application to plant community analysis. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:9149-9159. [PMID: 31463012 PMCID: PMC6706208 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Light is a key driver of forest biodiversity and functioning. Light regimes beneath tree canopies are mainly driven by the solar angle, topography, and vegetation structure, whose three-dimensional complexity creates heterogeneous light conditions that are challenging to quantify, especially across large areas. Remotely sensed canopy structure data from airborne laser scanning (ALS) provide outstanding opportunities for advancement in this respect. We used ALS point clouds and a digital terrain model to produce hemispherical photographs from which we derived indices of nondirectional diffuse skylight and direct sunlight reaching the understory. We validated our approach by comparing the performance of these indices, as well as canopy closure (CCl) and canopy cover (CCo), for explaining the light conditions experienced by forest plant communities, as indicated by the Landolt indicator values for light (L light) from 43 vegetation surveys along an elevational gradient. We applied variation partitioning to analyze how the independent and joint statistical effects of light, macroclimate, and soil on the spatial variation in plant species composition (i.e., turnover, Simpson dissimilarity, β SIM) depend on light approximation methodology. Diffuse light explained L light best, followed by direct light, CCl and CCo (R2 = .31, .23, .22, and .22, respectively). The combination of diffuse and direct light improved the model performance for β SIM compared with CCl and CCo (R2 = .30, .27 and .24, respectively). The independent effect of macroclimate on β SIM dropped from an R 2 of .15 to .10 when diffuse light and direct light were included. The ALS methods presented here outperform conventional approximations of below-canopy light conditions, which can now efficiently be quantified along entire horizontal and vertical forest gradients, even in topographically complex environments such as mountains. The effect of macroclimate on forest plant communities is prone to be overestimated if local light regimes and associated microclimates are not accurately accounted for.
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- Florian Zellweger
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
- Forest Ecology and Conservation Group, Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSLBirmensdorfSwitzerland
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- WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLFDavos DorfSwitzerland
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Xiao Y, Li X, Zhao S, Song G. Characteristics and simulation of snow interception by the canopy of primary spruce-fir Korean pine forests in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains of China. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:5694-5707. [PMID: 31160991 PMCID: PMC6540713 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Snow interception by the forest canopy is an important control on the forest hydrological cycle in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains within the northern temperate region of China. In this study, the effects of snowfall characteristics and stand structures on the snowfall redistribution of the canopies within primary spruce-fir Korean pine forests are analyzed at the forest stand scale. Characteristics of snowfall, through-canopy snowfall, and stand structure are continuously measured using positioning observations. A semiempirical theoretical model is used to conduct snow interception simulations in the Xiaoxing'an Mountain region. The results indicate that the snowfall, canopy density, slope gradient, and tree height have a significant effect on the through-canopy snowfall. The interception efficiency gradually decreases with an increase in the amount of snowfall and is particularly sensitive to the snowfall and canopy density, although it shows no significant correlation with average diameter at breast height, tree height, basal area, canopy height, canopy width, leaf area, or slope gradient. Very similar results have been observed in Canada and Switzerland, suggesting the transferability of the results between North America, Western Europe, and China. However, although model results provide a satisfactory simulation of snow interception, further studies are required to optimize the model in this region.
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- Yang Xiao
- College of Agriculture Resources and EnvironmentHeilongjiang UniversityHarbinChina
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- Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Sciences Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth Chinese Academy of SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Heilongjiang Fenglin National Nature Reserve AuthorityYichunChina
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Duan JR, Zhang QX, Bai JY, Guo DG. [Community characteristics and canopy structure of pine-oak forest at the Lingkong Mountain in Shanxi, China]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2019; 30:49-57. [PMID: 30907525 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201901.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We conducted a field investigation at 400 10 m×10 m quadrats in a 4-hm2 plot of mixed forest dominated by pine (Pinus tabuliformis) and oak (Quercus wutaishanica), which was established in 2011 in the Lingkong Mountain of Shanxi Province, China. The community characteristics in the year of 2016 were analyzed. The digital hemisphere photograph (DHP) approach was employed to measure the canopy structure and the understory light parameters. The results showed that a total of 5558 individuals of trees of 25 species from 15 genera and 10 families were recorded. The canopy openness (CO) varied from 15.0% to 25.0%, the leaf area index (LAI) varied from 1.5 to 2.5, and the understory light parameters varied from 10.0% to 30.0%. The distribution of dominant species drove the canopy structure and the undergrowth light factors. The canopy structure defined the impacts of light factors in the forest. The leaf area index was more optimal in describing the canopy’s dynamic function. The canopy openness and leaf area index were negatively correlated to understory light availability, especially to the abundance of the incident rays of diffused light. Since the canopy structure was relatively uniform in the temperate pine-oak mixed forest, the understory light spots generally distributed in clusters. The tree species and canopy structure had significant effects on light environment in the forest.
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- Jia Rui Duan
- College of Environmental Science and Resources, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- Institute of Environmental Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Resources, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Resources, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Cifuentes R, Van der Zande D, Salas-Eljatib C, Farifteh J, Coppin P. A Simulation Study Using Terrestrial LiDAR Point Cloud Data to Quantify Spectral Variability of a Broad-Leaved Forest Canopy. Sensors (Basel) 2018; 18:E3357. [PMID: 30297651 DOI: 10.3390/s18103357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 09/16/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this analysis, a method for construction of forest canopy three-dimensional (3D) models from terrestrial LiDAR was used for assessing the influence of structural changes on reflectance for an even-aged forest in Belgium. The necessary data were extracted by the developed method, as well as it was registered the adjacent point-clouds, and the canopy elements were classified. Based on a voxelized approach, leaf area index (LAI) and the vertical distribution of leaf area density (LAD) of the forest canopy were derived. Canopy–radiation interactions were simulated in a ray tracing environment, giving suitable illumination properties and optical attributes of the different canopy elements. Canopy structure was modified in terms of LAI and LAD for hyperspectral measurements. It was found that the effect of a 10% increase in LAI on NIR reflectance can be equal to change caused by translating 50% of leaf area from top to lower layers. As presented, changes in structure did affect vegetation indices associated with LAI and chlorophyll content. Overall, the work demonstrated the ability of terrestrial LiDAR for detailed canopy assessments and revealed the high complexity of the relationship between vertical LAD and reflectance.
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Sun WT, Niu JQ, Dong T, Liu XL, Yin XN, Ma M. [Effect of thinning and reshaping on the canopy structure and leaf quality at late growth stage in dense apple orchard in Loess Plateau of eastern Gansu, China.]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2018; 29:3008-3016. [PMID: 30411577 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201809.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In order to examine the effects of thinning and reshaping on canopy structure, leaf physio-logical property at late growth stage, characteristic of nutrient accumulation and distribution in leaf, and the spatial and temporal distribution of soil moisture, 18 year-old 'Fuji' apple trees in dense apple orchards were used to measure the canopy size, types and numbers of branches, leaf area index before and after the thinning and reshaping practices. The results showed that before pruning, the photosynthesis was limited by non-stomatal factors, with a reduction in Fv/Fm, Fv/Fo PIabs by 1.2%, 11.5%, 13.9%, respectively. However, the thinning and reshaping practices reduced leaf area index and canopy coverage, increased light interception up to 79% and improved tree construction. The total number of shoots decreased to 1100400 per hectare, while the individual shoot numbers were increased by 5.0% and the ratio of spur increased up to 73%. Due to the improvement of canopy lighting distribution, the average leaf area, specific leaf quality, hundred leaf mass and chlorophyll content were increased. With the increases of photosynthesis, the accumulation of photosynthate such as starch was increased by 143.5%. There was a close correlation between leaf development and light interception. Our results indicated that tree structure and canopy light interception could be improved by thinning and reshaping the dense trees, which resulted in higher leaf growth, development and photosynthetic capability but less water loss. Thinning and reshaping should be recommended to the renewal of the dense apple orchards in Loess Plateau of eastern Gansu.
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- Wen Tai Sun
- Institute of Forestry, Fruits and Floriculture, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Institute of Forestry, Fruits and Floriculture, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Institute of Forestry, Fruits and Floriculture, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Institute of Forestry, Fruits and Floriculture, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Institute of Forestry, Fruits and Floriculture, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Institute of Forestry, Fruits and Floriculture, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730070, China
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Huang HM, Dong R, He DN, Xiang YR, Zhang XJ, Chen J, Tao JP. [Effects of temporal and spatial variation of canopy structures and light conditions on population characteristics of Fargesia decurvata.]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2018; 29:2129-2138. [PMID: 30039649 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201807.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The canopy structures and light conditions and the population characteristics of Fargesia decurvata, a dominant understory species, were investigated in three typical communities, i.e., deciduous broad-leaved forest, evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest, evergreen broad-leaved forest. The results showed that with the succession from deciduous broad-leaved forest to evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest and to evergreen broad-leaved forest, the Shannon index, Simpson index and Pielou index were increased, suggesting that the development of communities in Jinfo Mountains tended to be stable. Moreover, canopy structures were significantly changed, in that the canopy openness and mean leaf angle decreased, leaf area index increased, and canopy extinction ability enhanced, resulting in the decrease of light intensity under the canopy. The upper canopy was the main contributor for canopy closure, with the crown depth and crown area of canopy being the two main influencing factors. Moreover, canopy structures were significantly correlated with light conditions in the forest, with the greatest influence on the diffuse solar radiation. With the growth season coming, canopy openness and understory light conditions were decreased, while leaf area index increased, and their maximum values appeared in June or July in the three forest types. The maximum and minimum value of mean leaf angle appeared in spring and summer, respectively. Clonal growth of F. decurvata was closely related to canopy structures and light conditions. In evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest with moderate light, F. decurvata grew best, with high and thick ramets, high ramet density (29.69±1.68 ind·m-2) and high ability to expand rhizomes. In deciduous broad-leaved forest, the strong light condition caused the reduction of soil water might have effects on the growth of F. decurvata. However, in the evergreen broad-leaved forest with low light condition, ramets of F. decurvata tended to be short and thin, with low ramet density (5.80±1.16 ind·m-2) and the clonal expansion ability. Those results suggested that forest succession would change canopy structures and understory light conditions. Low understory light conditions prohibited the regeneration and development of F. decurvata population.
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- Hui Min Huang
- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education/Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Resources Research in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education/Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Resources Research in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education/Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Resources Research in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education/Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Resources Research in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education/Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Resources Research in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education/Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Resources Research in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education/Chongqing Key Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Resources Research in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, School of Life Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Zhang G, Zheng N, Zhang JS, Meng P. [Turbulence micro-meteorological characteristics over the plantation canopy.]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2018; 29:1787-1796. [PMID: 29974686 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201806.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Based on the eddy-covariance system monitoring during leaf germination (15th March to 15th April 2015) and leaf forming (15th July to 15th August), the turbulence characteristics, turbulence intensity, normalized standard variance of turbulent wind speed and bulk transfer coefficient over forest plantation canopy in the Xiaolangdi Ecosystem Location Research Station were analyzed, aiming to deepen the understanding of the micro-meteorological characteristics of the forest ecosystem and provide scientific basis for the further studies of energy balance and material exchange. Results showed that turbulence spectrum of the plantation had a peak frequency in the low frequency zone and the inertial subarea had an obvious dissipation tendency, which was basically in accor-dance with the law of -5/3. Turbulence intensity was significantly affected by canopy structure. When the turbulence was strong, the wind speed was less than 3 m·s-1 in spring and less than 2 m·s-1 in summer. Normalized standard variance of turbulent wind speed in horizontal direction was better than that in vertical direction, which conformed to the similarity law of 1/3 power. The ratio of normalized standard deviation and the friction velocity in u, v, w components of canopy wind speed was 2.55, 2.06 and 1.30 in spring, 2.61, 2.45 and 1.21 in summer, respectively. The bulk transfer coefficient decreased with the increases of stability, with a difference of 1-2 orders of magnitude or more between unstable and stable conditions. Canopy structure had direct influence on the turbulence of the wind speed in each direction, and thereby changed the diffusion direction of the canopy material and energy.
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- Gong Zhang
- Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.,Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, State Forestry Administration, Beijing 100091, China.,Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.,Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, State Forestry Administration, Beijing 100091, China.,Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.,Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, State Forestry Administration, Beijing 100091, China.,Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.,Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, State Forestry Administration, Beijing 100091, China.,Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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Baret F, Madec S, Irfan K, Lopez J, Comar A, Hemmerlé M, Dutartre D, Praud S, Tixier MH. Leaf-rolling in maize crops: from leaf scoring to canopy-level measurements for phenotyping. J Exp Bot 2018; 69:2705-2716. [PMID: 29617837 PMCID: PMC5920318 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Leaf rolling in maize crops is one of the main plant reactions to water stress that can be visually scored in the field. However, leaf-scoring techniques do not meet the high-throughput requirements needed by breeders for efficient phenotyping. Consequently, this study investigated the relationship between leaf-rolling scores and changes in canopy structure that can be determined by high-throughput remote-sensing techniques. Experiments were conducted in 2015 and 2016 on maize genotypes subjected to water stress. Leaf-rolling was scored visually over the whole day around the flowering stage. Concurrent digital hemispherical photographs were taken to evaluate the impact of leaf-rolling on canopy structure using the computed fraction of intercepted diffuse photosynthetically active radiation, FIPARdif. The results showed that leaves started to roll due to water stress around 09:00 h and leaf-rolling reached its maximum around 15:00 h (the photoperiod was about 05:00-20:00 h). In contrast, plants maintained under well-watered conditions did not show any significant rolling during the same day. A canopy-level index of rolling (CLIR) is proposed to quantify the diurnal changes in canopy structure induced by leaf-rolling. It normalizes for the differences in FIPARdif between genotypes observed in the early morning when leaves are unrolled, as well as for yearly effects linked to environmental conditions. Leaf-level rolling score was very strongly correlated with changes in canopy structure as described by the CLIR (r2=0.86, n=370). The daily time course of rolling was characterized using the amplitude of variation, and the rate and the timing of development computed at both the leaf and canopy levels. Results obtained from eight genotypes common between the two years of experiments showed that the amplitude of variation of the CLIR was the more repeatable trait (Spearman coefficient ρ=0.62) as compared to the rate (ρ=0.29) and the timing of development (ρ=0.33). The potential of these findings for the development of a high-throughput method for determining leaf-rolling based on aerial drone observations are considered.
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- INRA-EMMAH-CAPTE, Route de l’aerodrome, Avignon, France
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- INRA-EMMAH-CAPTE, Route de l’aerodrome, Avignon, France
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Hui F, Zhu J, Hu P, Meng L, Zhu B, Guo Y, Li B, Ma Y. Image-based dynamic quantification and high-accuracy 3D evaluation of canopy structure of plant populations. Ann Bot 2018; 121:1079-1088. [PMID: 29509841 PMCID: PMC5906925 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Global agriculture is facing the challenge of a phenotyping bottleneck due to large-scale screening/breeding experiments with improved breeds. Phenotypic analysis with high-throughput, high-accuracy and low-cost technologies has therefore become urgent. Recent advances in image-based 3D reconstruction offer the opportunity of high-throughput phenotyping. The main aim of this study was to quantify and evaluate the canopy structure of plant populations in two and three dimensions based on the multi-view stereo (MVS) approach, and to monitor plant growth and development from seedling stage to fruiting stage. METHODS Multi-view images of flat-leaf cucumber, small-leaf pepper and curly-leaf eggplant were obtained by moving a camera around the plant canopy. Three-dimensional point clouds were reconstructed from images based on the MVS approach and were then converted into surfaces with triangular facets. Phenotypic parameters, including leaf length, leaf width, leaf area, plant height and maximum canopy width, were calculated from reconstructed surfaces. Accurate evaluation in 2D and 3D for individual leaves was performed by comparing reconstructed phenotypic parameters with referenced values and by calculating the Hausdorff distance, i.e. the mean distance between two surfaces. KEY RESULTS Our analysis demonstrates that there were good agreements in leaf parameters between referenced and estimated values. A high level of overlap was also found between surfaces of image-based reconstructions and laser scanning. Accuracy of 3D reconstruction of curly-leaf plants was relatively lower than that of flat-leaf plants. Plant height of three plants and maximum canopy width of cucumber and pepper showed an increasing trend during the 70 d after transplanting. Maximum canopy width of eggplants reached its peak at the 40th day after transplanting. The larger leaf phenotypic parameters of cucumber were mostly found at the middle-upper leaf position. CONCLUSIONS High-accuracy 3D evaluation of reconstruction quality indicated that dynamic capture of the 3D canopy based on the MVS approach can be potentially used in 3D phenotyping for applications in breeding and field management.
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- Fang Hui
- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Geography and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Zhang DJ, Zhang YY, Wang YJ, Chen QQ, Yang HL, Ma JH, Li CX. [Structure characteristics of soil and canopy and their relationships in wheat field under different tillage and application of organic fertilizer.]. Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao 2018; 29:538-546. [PMID: 29692069 DOI: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201802.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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With the aim to optimize the structural characteristics of wheat canopy by improving topsoil structure, we examined the effects of three different tillage treatments, deep tillage (DT), shallow tillage (ST), no-tillage (NT) alone, and with application of organic fertilizer, DTF, STF and NTF, on the soil structure and wheat canopy characteristics for five years. Under the same tillage treatment, application of organic fertilizer decreased soil bulk density, the content of soil aggregates with diameter > 5 mm, the mean mass diameter (MWD), and geometric mean diameter (GMD) values of the soil aggregates with diameter >0.25 mm. Soil porosity and the content of soil aggregates with diameters of 2-5 mm and 0.25-2 mm at 20-40 cm soil layer were increased. Compared with other treatments, NTF was better in improving soil bulk density and increased soil porosity at 0-20 cm soil layer. DTF decreased the soil bulk density and the stability of mechanical aggregate with diameter > 0.25 mm at 40-60 cm soil layer, and increased soil permeability. Application of organic fertilizer decreased leaf angle index and increased leaf area index (LAI) and the net photosynthetic rate (Pn) of the flag leaf at post-anthesis stage. The lowest angle index and the highest Pn were detected in STF and DTF treatment, respectively. Results from path analysis showed that the direct path coefficients were significant from the independent variables (soil bulk density, soil porosity, R0.25 and MWD) to the dependent variables (angle index, LAI and Pn). At 0-20 cm soil layer, the increased MWD value was beneficial to the improvement of Pn and LAI. At 20-40 cm soil layer, the increased soil bulk density would optimize the leaf angle and further improve canopy light penetration. At 40-60 cm soil layer, high soil bulk density and low porosity negatively affected the value of LAI and Pn. We concluded that deep tillage or shallow tillage with application of organic fertilizer would be beneficial for improving soil structure, increasing soil permeability, optimizing wheat canopy structure, increasing canopy light harvesting rate, leaf area index and photosynthetic rate, with positive consequences on wheat yield.
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- Dai Jing Zhang
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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Hodgson JG, Santini BA, Montserrat Marti G, Royo Pla F, Jones G, Bogaard A, Charles M, Font X, Ater M, Taleb A, Poschlod P, Hmimsa Y, Palmer C, Wilson PJ, Band SR, Styring A, Diffey C, Green L, Nitsch E, Stroud E, Romo-Díez A, de Torres Espuny L, Warham G. Trade-offs between seed and leaf size (seed-phytomer-leaf theory): functional glue linking regenerative with life history strategies … and taxonomy with ecology? Ann Bot 2017; 120:633-652. [PMID: 28961937 PMCID: PMC5714152 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcx084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Background and Aims While the 'worldwide leaf economics spectrum' (Wright IJ, Reich PB, Westoby M, et al. 2004. The worldwide leaf economics spectrum. Nature : 821-827) defines mineral nutrient relationships in plants, no unifying functional consensus links size attributes. Here, the focus is upon leaf size, a much-studied plant trait that scales positively with habitat quality and components of plant size. The objective is to show that this wide range of relationships is explicable in terms of a seed-phytomer-leaf (SPL) theoretical model defining leaf size in terms of trade-offs involving the size, growth rate and number of the building blocks (phytomers) of which the young shoot is constructed. Methods Functional data for 2400+ species and English and Spanish vegetation surveys were used to explore interrelationships between leaf area, leaf width, canopy height, seed mass and leaf dry matter content (LDMC). Key Results Leaf area was a consistent function of canopy height, LDMC and seed mass. Additionally, size traits are partially uncoupled. First, broad laminas help confer competitive exclusion while morphologically large leaves can, through dissection, be functionally small. Secondly, leaf size scales positively with plant size but many of the largest-leaved species are of medium height with basally supported leaves. Thirdly, photosynthetic stems may represent a functionally viable alternative to 'small seeds + large leaves' in disturbed, fertile habitats and 'large seeds + small leaves' in infertile ones. Conclusions Although key elements defining the juvenile growth phase remain unmeasured, our results broadly support SPL theory in that phytometer and leaf size are a product of the size of the initial shoot meristem (≅ seed mass) and the duration and quality of juvenile growth. These allometrically constrained traits combine to confer ecological specialization on individual species. Equally, they appear conservatively expressed within major taxa. Thus, 'evolutionary canalization' sensu Stebbins (Stebbins GL. 1974. Flowering plants: evolution above the species level . Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press) is perhaps associated with both seed and leaf development, and major taxa appear routinely specialized with respect to ecologically important size-related traits.
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- John G Hodgson
- Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology, The University, Sheffield S1 4ET, UK
- Department of Archaeology, The University, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, C.P. 04500, Mexico
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- Dept. Ecología Funcional y Biodiversidad, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC) Aptdo. 202, 30080 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca Científica ‘Terres de l’Ebre’, C/ Rosa Maria Molas, 25 A, 2n B, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
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- Department of Archaeology, The University, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG, UK
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratoire Diversité et Conservation des Systèmes Biologiques (LDICOSYB), Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tétouan, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, BP 2062, 93030, Tétouan, Morocco
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- Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Laboratoire Diversité et Conservation des Systèmes Biologiques (LDICOSYB), Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences de Tétouan, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, BP 2062, 93030, Tétouan, Morocco
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- Department of Archaeology, The University, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology, The University, Sheffield S1 4ET, UK
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- Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology, The University, Sheffield S1 4ET, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG, UK
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- School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, 36 Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PG, UK
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- Institut Botànic de Barcelona, Parc Montjuïc, Av. dels Muntanyans s/n, 08038 Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca Científica ‘Terres de l’Ebre’, C/ Rosa Maria Molas, 25 A, 2n B, 43500 Tortosa, Spain
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- Department of Archaeology, The University, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Paleari L, Movedi E, Cappelli G, Wilson LT, Confalonieri R. Surfing parameter hyperspaces under climate change scenarios to design future rice ideotypes. Glob Chang Biol 2017; 23:4651-4662. [PMID: 28273392 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Growing food crops to meet global demand and the search for more sustainable cropping systems are increasing the need for new cultivars in key production areas. This study presents the identification of rice traits putatively producing the largest yield benefits in five areas that markedly differ in terms of environmental conditions in the Philippines, India, China, Japan and Italy. The ecophysiological model WARM and sensitivity analysis techniques were used to evaluate phenotypic traits involved with light interception, photosynthetic efficiency, tolerance to abiotic stressors, resistance to fungal pathogens and grain quality. The analysis involved only model parameters that have a close relationship with phenotypic traits breeders are working on, to increase the in vivo feasibility of selected ideotypes. Current climate and future projections were considered, in the light of the resources required by breeding programs and of the role of weather variables in the identification of promising traits. Results suggest that breeding for traits involved with disease resistance, and tolerance to cold- and heat-induced spikelet sterility could provide benefits similar to those obtained from the improvement of traits involved with canopy structure and photosynthetic efficiency. In contrast, potential benefits deriving from improved grain quality traits are restricted by weather variability and markedly affected by G × E interactions. For this reason, district-specific ideotypes were identified using a new index accounting for both their productivity and feasibility.
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- Livia Paleari
- DISAA, University of Milan, Cassandra Lab, Milan, Italy
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- DISAA, University of Milan, Cassandra Lab, Milan, Italy
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- CREA, Research Center for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy
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- Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Beaumont, Beaumont, TX, USA
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Zhang P, Wu X, Needs S, Liu D, Fuentes S, Howell K. The Influence of Apical and Basal Defoliation on the Canopy Structure and Biochemical Composition of Vitis vinifera cv. Shiraz Grapes and Wine. Front Chem 2017; 5:48. [PMID: 28736728 PMCID: PMC5500617 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2017.00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Defoliation is a commonly used viticultural technique to balance the ratio between grapevine vegetation and fruit. Defoliation is conducted around the fruit zone to reduce the leaf photosynthetic area, and to increase sunlight exposure of grape bunches. Apical leaf removal is not commonly practiced, and therefore its influence on canopy structure and resultant wine aroma is not well-studied. This study quantified the influences of apical and basal defoliation on canopy structure parameters using canopy cover photography and computer vision algorithms. The influence of canopy structure changes on the chemical compositions of grapes and wines was investigated over two vintages (2010-2011 and 2015-2016) in Yarra Valley, Australia. The Shiraz grapevines were subjected to five different treatments: no leaf removal (Ctrl); basal (TB) and apical (TD) leaf removal at veraison and intermediate ripeness, respectively. Basal leaf removal significantly reduced the leaf area index and foliage cover and increased canopy porosity, while apical leaf removal had limited influences on canopy parameters. However, the latter tended to result in lower alcohol level in the finished wine. Statistically significant increases in pH and decreases in TA was observed in shaded grapes, while no significant changes in the color profile and volatile compounds of the resultant wine were found. These results suggest that apical leaf removal is an effective method to reduce wine alcohol concentration with minimal influences on wine composition.
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- School of Agriculture and Food, University of MelbourneParkville, VIC, Australia
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Migliavacca M, Perez-Priego O, Rossini M, El-Madany TS, Moreno G, van der Tol C, Rascher U, Berninger A, Bessenbacher V, Burkart A, Carrara A, Fava F, Guan JH, Hammer TW, Henkel K, Juarez-Alcalde E, Julitta T, Kolle O, Martín MP, Musavi T, Pacheco-Labrador J, Pérez-Burgueño A, Wutzler T, Zaehle S, Reichstein M. Plant functional traits and canopy structure control the relationship between photosynthetic CO 2 uptake and far-red sun-induced fluorescence in a Mediterranean grassland under different nutrient availability. New Phytol 2017; 214:1078-1091. [PMID: 28181244 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Sun-induced fluorescence (SIF) in the far-red region provides a new noninvasive measurement approach that has the potential to quantify dynamic changes in light-use efficiency and gross primary production (GPP). However, the mechanistic link between GPP and SIF is not completely understood. We analyzed the structural and functional factors controlling the emission of SIF at 760 nm (F760 ) in a Mediterranean grassland manipulated with nutrient addition of nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) or nitrogen-phosphorous (NP). Using the soil-canopy observation of photosynthesis and energy (SCOPE) model, we investigated how nutrient-induced changes in canopy structure (i.e. changes in plant forms abundance that influence leaf inclination distribution function, LIDF) and functional traits (e.g. N content in dry mass of leaves, N%, Chlorophyll a+b concentration (Cab) and maximum carboxylation capacity (Vcmax )) affected the observed linear relationship between F760 and GPP. We conclude that the addition of nutrients imposed a change in the abundance of different plant forms and biochemistry of the canopy that controls F760 . Changes in canopy structure mainly control the GPP-F760 relationship, with a secondary effect of Cab and Vcmax . In order to exploit F760 data to model GPP at the global/regional scale, canopy structural variability, biodiversity and functional traits are important factors that have to be considered.
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- Mirco Migliavacca
- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, Milan, 20126, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- INDEHESA-Forest Research Group, Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, 10600, Spain
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- Department of Water Resources, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, 7500 AE, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Leo-Brandt-Str., Jülich, 52425, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Leo-Brandt-Str., Jülich, 52425, Germany
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- Fundación Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo (CEAM), Valencia, 46980, Spain
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- International Livestock Research Institute, Naivasha Rd, Nairobi, 30709, Kenya
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
- State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, Milan, 20126, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- Environmental Remote Sensing and Spectroscopy Laboratory (SpecLab), Institute of Economics, Geography and Demography (IEGD), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Albasanz 26-28, Madrid, 28037, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- Environmental Remote Sensing and Spectroscopy Laboratory (SpecLab), Institute of Economics, Geography and Demography (IEGD), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Albasanz 26-28, Madrid, 28037, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Straße 10, Jena, D-07745, Germany
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Marvin DC, Asner GP, Knapp DE, Anderson CB, Martin RE, Sinca F, Tupayachi R. Amazonian landscapes and the bias in field studies of forest structure and biomass. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E5224-32. [PMID: 25422434 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412999111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Tropical forests convert more atmospheric carbon into biomass each year than any terrestrial ecosystem on Earth, underscoring the importance of accurate tropical forest structure and biomass maps for the understanding and management of the global carbon cycle. Ecologists have long used field inventory plots as the main tool for understanding forest structure and biomass at landscape-to-regional scales, under the implicit assumption that these plots accurately represent their surrounding landscape. However, no study has used continuous, high-spatial-resolution data to test whether field plots meet this assumption in tropical forests. Using airborne LiDAR (light detection and ranging) acquired over three regions in Peru, we assessed how representative a typical set of field plots are relative to their surrounding host landscapes. We uncovered substantial mean biases (9-98%) in forest canopy structure (height, gaps, and layers) and aboveground biomass in both lowland Amazonian and montane Andean landscapes. Moreover, simulations reveal that an impractical number of 1-ha field plots (from 10 to more than 100 per landscape) are needed to develop accurate estimates of aboveground biomass at landscape scales. These biases should temper the use of plots for extrapolations of forest dynamics to larger scales, and they demonstrate the need for a fundamental shift to high-resolution active remote sensing techniques as a primary sampling tool in tropical forest biomass studies. The potential decrease in the bias and uncertainty of remotely sensed estimates of forest structure and biomass is a vital step toward successful tropical forest conservation and climate-change mitigation policy.
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In this review, structural and functional changes are described in single-species, even-aged, stands undergoing competition for light. Theories of the competition process as interactions between whole plants have been advanced but have not been successful in explaining these changes and how they vary between species or growing conditions. This task now falls to researchers in plant architecture. Research in plant architecture has defined three important functions of individual plants that determine the process of canopy development and competition: (i) resource acquisition plasticity; (ii) morphogenetic plasticity; (iii) architectural variation in efficiency of interception and utilization of light. In this review, this research is synthesized into a theory for competition based on five groups of postulates about the functioning of plants in stands. Group 1: competition for light takes place at the level of component foliage and branches. Group 2: the outcome of competition is determined by the dynamic interaction between processes that exert dominance and processes that react to suppression. Group 3: species differences may affect both exertion of dominance and reaction to suppression. Group 4: individual plants may simultaneously exhibit, in different component parts, resource acquisition and morphogenetic plasticity. Group 5: mortality is a time-delayed response to suppression. Development of architectural models when combined with field investigations is identifying research needed to develop a theory of architectural influences on the competition process. These include analyses of the integration of foliage and branch components into whole-plant growth and precise definitions of environmental control of morphogenetic plasticity and its interaction with acquisition of carbon for plant growth.
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- E. David Ford
- School of Environmental and Forest Science, University of WashingtonSeattle, WA, USA
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Aiba SI, Akutsu K, Onoda Y. Canopy structure of tropical and sub-tropical rain forests in relation to conifer dominance analysed with a portable LIDAR system. Ann Bot 2013; 112:1899-909. [PMID: 24197751 PMCID: PMC3838564 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Globally, conifer dominance is restricted to nutient-poor habitats in colder, drier or waterlogged environments, probably due to competition with angiosperms. Analysis of canopy structure is important for understanding the mechanism of plant coexistence in relation to competition for light. Most conifers are shade intolerant, and often have narrow, deep, conical crowns. In this study it is predicted that conifer-admixed forests have less distinct upper canopies and more undulating canopy surfaces than angiosperm-dominated forests. METHODS By using a ground-based, portable light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system, canopy structure was quantified for old-growth evergreen rainforests with varying dominance of conifers along altitudinal gradients (200-3100 m a.s.l.) on tropical and sub-tropical mountains (Mount Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo and Yakushima Island, Japan) that have different conifer floras. KEY RESULTS Conifers dominated at higher elevations on both mountains (Podocarpaceae and Araucariaceae on Kinabalu and Cupressaceae and Pinaceae on Yakushima), but conifer dominance also varied with soil/substrate conditions on Kinabalu. Conifer dominance was associated with the existence of large-diameter conifers. Forests with higher conifer dominance showed a canopy height profile (CHP) more skewed towards the understorey on both Kinabalu and Yakushima. In contrast, angiosperm-dominated forests had a CHP skewed towards upper canopy, except for lowland dipterocarp forests and a sub-alpine scrub dominated by small-leaved Leptospermum recurvum (Myrtaceae) on Kinabalu. Forests with a less dense upper canopy had more undulating outer canopy surfaces. Mixed conifer-angiosperm forests on Yakushima and dipterocarp forests on Kinabalu showed similar canopy structures. CONCLUSIONS The results generally supported the prediction, suggesting that lower growth of angiosperm trees (except L. recurvum on Kinabalu) in cold and nutrient-poor environments results in a sparser upper canopy, which allows shade-intolerant conifers to co-occur with angiosperm trees either as emergents or as codominants in the open canopy.
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- Shin-ichiro Aiba
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Nock CA, Taugourdeau O, Delagrange S, Messier C. Assessing the potential of low-cost 3D cameras for the rapid measurement of plant woody structure. Sensors (Basel) 2013; 13:16216-33. [PMID: 24287538 PMCID: PMC3892875 DOI: 10.3390/s131216216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Revised: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Detailed 3D plant architectural data have numerous applications in plant science, but many existing approaches for 3D data collection are time-consuming and/or require costly equipment. Recently, there has been rapid growth in the availability of low-cost, 3D cameras and related open source software applications. 3D cameras may provide measurements of key components of plant architecture such as stem diameters and lengths, however, few tests of 3D cameras for the measurement of plant architecture have been conducted. Here, we measured Salix branch segments ranging from 2-13 mm in diameter with an Asus Xtion camera to quantify the limits and accuracy of branch diameter measurement with a 3D camera. By scanning at a variety of distances we also quantified the effect of scanning distance. In addition, we also test the sensitivity of the program KinFu for continuous 3D object scanning and modeling as well as other similar software to accurately record stem diameters and capture plant form (<3 m in height). Given its ability to accurately capture the diameter of branches >6 mm, Asus Xtion may provide a novel method for the collection of 3D data on the branching architecture of woody plants. Improvements in camera measurement accuracy and available software are likely to further improve the utility of 3D cameras for plant sciences in the future.
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- Charles A Nock
- Departement des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada; E-Mail:
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- Departement des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada; E-Mail:
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- Departement of Natural Sciences, University of Quebec in Outaouais (UQO), 58 Main Street, Ripon, QC J0V 1W0, Canada; E-Mails: (S.D.); (C.M.)
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- Departement of Natural Sciences, University of Quebec in Outaouais (UQO), 58 Main Street, Ripon, QC J0V 1W0, Canada; E-Mails: (S.D.); (C.M.)
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Barillot R, Louarn G, Escobar-Gutiérrez AJ, Huynh P, Combes D. How good is the turbid medium-based approach for accounting for light partitioning in contrasted grass--legume intercropping systems? Ann Bot 2011; 108:1013-24. [PMID: 21865218 PMCID: PMC3189846 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2011] [Accepted: 06/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Most studies dealing with light partitioning in intercropping systems have used statistical models based on the turbid medium approach, thus assuming homogeneous canopies. However, these models could not be directly validated although spatial heterogeneities could arise in such canopies. The aim of the present study was to assess the ability of the turbid medium approach to accurately estimate light partitioning within grass-legume mixed canopies. METHODS Three contrasted mixtures of wheat-pea, tall fescue-alfalfa and tall fescue-clover were sown according to various patterns and densities. Three-dimensional plant mock-ups were derived from magnetic digitizations carried out at different stages of development. The benchmarks for light interception efficiency (LIE) estimates were provided by the combination of a light projective model and plant mock-ups, which also provided the inputs of a turbid medium model (SIRASCA), i.e. leaf area index and inclination. SIRASCA was set to gradually account for vertical heterogeneity of the foliage, i.e. the canopy was described as one, two or ten horizontal layers of leaves. KEY RESULTS Mixtures exhibited various and heterogeneous profiles of foliar distribution, leaf inclination and component species height. Nevertheless, most of the LIE was satisfactorily predicted by SIRASCA. Biased estimations were, however, observed for (1) grass species and (2) tall fescue-alfalfa mixtures grown at high density. Most of the discrepancies were due to vertical heterogeneities and were corrected by increasing the vertical description of canopies although, in practice, this would require time-consuming measurements. CONCLUSIONS The turbid medium analogy could be successfully used in a wide range of canopies. However, a more detailed description of the canopy is required for mixtures exhibiting vertical stratifications and inter-/intra-species foliage overlapping. Architectural models remain a relevant tool for studying light partitioning in intercropping systems that exhibit strong vertical heterogeneities. Moreover, these models offer the possibility to integrate the effects of microclimate variations on plant growth.
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- Romain Barillot
- LUNAM Université, Groupe Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture, UPSP Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie Végétale & Agroécologie, 55 rue Rabelais, BP 30748, F-49007 Angers cedex 01, France
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- INRA, UR4 P3F, Equipe Ecophysiologie des plantes fourragères, Le Chêne – RD 150, BP 6, F-86600 Lusignan, France
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- LUNAM Université, Groupe Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture, UPSP Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie Végétale & Agroécologie, 55 rue Rabelais, BP 30748, F-49007 Angers cedex 01, France
- INRA, UR4 P3F, Equipe Ecophysiologie des plantes fourragères, Le Chêne – RD 150, BP 6, F-86600 Lusignan, France
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- LUNAM Université, Groupe Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture, UPSP Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie Végétale & Agroécologie, 55 rue Rabelais, BP 30748, F-49007 Angers cedex 01, France
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- INRA, UR4 P3F, Equipe Ecophysiologie des plantes fourragères, Le Chêne – RD 150, BP 6, F-86600 Lusignan, France
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Seppänen MM, Pakarinen K, Jokela V, Andersen JR, Fiil A, Santanen A, Virkajärvi P. Vernalization response of Phleum pratense and its relationships to stem lignification and floral transition. Ann Bot 2010; 106:697-707. [PMID: 20798263 PMCID: PMC2958789 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2009] [Revised: 03/01/2010] [Accepted: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Timothy is a long-day grass species well adapted for cultivation in northern latitudes. It produces elongating tillers not only in spring growth but also later in summer. As the quantity and quality of harvested biomass is dictated by canopy architecture and the proportion of stem-forming flowering tillers, the regulation of flowering is of great interest in forage grass production. METHODS Canopy architecture, stem morphology and freezing tolerance of vernalized timothy were investigated in greenhouse and field experiments. The molecular control of development was examined by analysing the relationship between apex development and expression of timothy homologues of the floral inducer VRN1 and repressor VRN2. KEY RESULTS True stem formation and lignification of the sclerenchyma ring occur in both vernalized and regrowing stems irrespective of the developmental stage of the apex. The stems had, however, divergent morphology. Vernalization enhanced flowering, and the expression of the VRN1 homologue was elevated when the apex had passed into the reproductive stage. High VRN1 homologue expression was not associated with reduction in freezing tolerance and the expression coincided with increased levels of the floral repressor VRN2 homologue. Field experiments supported the observed linkage between the upregulation of the VRN1 homologue and the transition to the reproductive stage in vernalized tillers. The upregulation of putative VRN1 or VRN2 genes was restricted to vernalized tillers in the spring yield and, thus, not detected in non-vernalized tillers of the second yield; so-called regrowth. CONCLUSIONS The formation of a lignified sclerenchyma ring that efficiently reduces the digestibility of the stem was not related to apex development but rather to a requirement for mechanical support. The observed good freezing tolerance of reproductive timothy tillers could be one important adaptation mechanism ensuring high yields in northern conditions. Both VRN1 and VRN2 homologues required a vernalization signal for expression so the development of yield-forming tillers in regrowth was regulated independently of the studied genes.
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Hikosaka K. Leaf canopy as a dynamic system: ecophysiology and optimality in leaf turnover. Ann Bot 2005; 95:521-33. [PMID: 15585542 PMCID: PMC4246797 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2003] [Revised: 11/06/2003] [Accepted: 04/13/2004] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS In a leaf canopy, there is a turnover of leaves; i.e. they are produced, senesce and fall. These processes determine the amount of leaf area in the canopy, which in turn determines canopy photosynthesis. The turnover rate of leaves is affected by environmental factors and is different among species. This mini-review discusses factors responsible for leaf dynamics in plant canopies, focusing on the role of nitrogen. SCOPE Leaf production is supported by canopy photosynthesis that is determined by distribution of light and leaf nitrogen. Leaf nitrogen determines photosynthetic capacity. Nitrogen taken up from roots is allocated to new leaves. When leaves age or their light availability is lowered, part of the leaf nitrogen is resorbed. Resorbed nitrogen is re-utilized in new organs and the rest is lost with dead leaves. The sink-source balance is important in the regulation of leaf senescence. Several models have been proposed to predict response to environmental changes. A mathematical model that incorporated nitrogen use for photosynthesis explained well the variations in leaf lifespan within and between species. CONCLUSION When leaf turnover is at a steady state, the ratio of biomass production to nitrogen uptake is equal to the ratio of litter fall to nitrogen loss, which is an inverse of the nitrogen concentration in dead leaves. Thus nitrogen concentration in dead leaves (nitrogen resorption proficiency) and nitrogen availability in the soil determine the rate of photosynthesis in the canopy. Dynamics of leaves are regulated so as to maximize carbon gain and resource-use efficiency of the plant.
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- Kouki Hikosaka
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
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Anten NPR. Optimal photosynthetic characteristics of individual plants in vegetation stands and implications for species coexistence. Ann Bot 2005; 95:495-506. [PMID: 15585543 PMCID: PMC4246795 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2004] [Revised: 03/17/2004] [Accepted: 05/19/2004] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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AIMS This paper reviews the way optimization theory has been used in canopy models to analyse the adaptive significance of photosynthesis-related plant characteristics and their consequences for the structure and species composition of vegetation stands. SCOPE In most studies simple optimization has been used with trait values optimal when they lead to maximum whole-stand photosynthesis. This approach is subject to the condition that the optimum for one individual is independent of the characteristics of its neighbours. This seems unlikely in vegetation stands where neighbour plants strongly influence each other's light climate. Not surprisingly, there are consistent deviations between predicted plant traits and real values: plants tend to be taller, distribute nitrogen more evenly among their leaves and produce more leaf area which is projected more horizontally than predicted by models. CONCLUSIONS By applying game theory to individual plant-based canopy models, other studies have shown that optimal vegetation stands with maximum whole-stand photosynthesis are not evolutionarily stable. They can be successfully invaded by mutants that are taller, project their leaves more horizontally or that produce greater than optimal leaf areas. While these individual-based models can successfully predict the canopy structure of vegetation stands, they are invariably determined at unique optimal trait values. They do not allow for the co-existence of more than one species with different characteristics. Canopy models can contribute to our understanding of species coexistence through (a) simultaneous analysis of the various traits that determine light capture and photosynthesis and the trade-offs between them, and (b) consideration of trade-offs associated with specialization to different positions in the niche space defined by temporal and spatial heterogeneity of resources.
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- Niels P R Anten
- Department of Plant Ecology, Utrecht University, PO Box 800.84, NL-3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Anten NPR, Hirose T, Onoda Y, Kinugasa T, Kim HY, Okada M, Kobayashi K. Elevated CO 2 and nitrogen availability have interactive effects on canopy carbon gain in rice. New Phytol 2004; 161:459-471. [PMID: 33873518 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00943.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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• Here we analysed the effects of CO2 (Ca ) elevation and nitrogen availability on canopy structure, leaf area index (LAI) and canopy photosynthesis of rice (Oryza sativa). • Rice was grown at ambient and elevated Ca (c. 200 µmol mol-1 above ambient, using the free-air CO2 enrichment, FACE) and at two N availabilities. We measured leaf area, area-based leaf N contents and leaf photosynthesis, and calculated net daily canopy photosynthesis. • FACE plants had higher light-saturated rates of photosynthesis (Pmax ) and apparent quantum yields than ambient plants, when measured at their own growth CO2 . Ca elevation reduced the total leaf N in the canopy (Nleaf ) but had no effect on LAI, and the average leaf N content (Nleaf /LAI) was therefore reduced by 8%. This reduction corresponded well with our model predictions. Leaf area index increased strongly with N availability, which was also consistent with our model. • Calculated canopy photosynthesis increased more strongly with Nleaf under elevated than under ambient Ca . This indicates that there is an N × Ca interactive effect on canopy carbon gain. This interaction was caused by the increase in LAI with N availability, which enhanced the positive effect of the higher quantum yield under Ca elevation.
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- N P R Anten
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578
- Chair Group of Production Systems, Wageningen University, Haarweg 333 6709 R2, The Netherlands
- Present address: Department of Plant Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 800.84 NL-3508, TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578
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- Japan Science and Technology Cooperation, Tohoku National Agricultural Station, 4 Akahira, Shimikuriyagawa, Morioka, 020-0198
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- Japan Science and Technology Cooperation, Tohoku National Agricultural Station, 4 Akahira, Shimikuriyagawa, Morioka, 020-0198
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- National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, 305-8604, Japan
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