Fuchs, M. and Stanhill, G. (1980) Row structure and foliage geometry as determinants of the interception of light rays in a sorghum row canopy. Plant, Cell and Environment, 3 (3). pp. 175-182.
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Abstract
The interception of light rays by the canopy of a widely spaced sorghum row crop was assessed from a series of hemispherical photographs taken on 5 occasions during its vegetative growth. Analysis of the photographs showed that most of the temporal and spatial variation in the canopy's interception could be accounted for by treating the row as an array of solid parallel walls with rectangular cross sections. Within the space occupied by rows, the effect of the distribution of foliage elements on interception could be assessed by the porosity of a single row. The N.-S asymmetry observed in the distribution of ray interception indicated that this sorghum canopy, grown under unirrigated arid summer conditions, adopted a light-avoiding growth pattern
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Division of Agricultural Meteorology, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel |
| Subjects: | Plant Physiology and Biochemistry > Plant Physiology Plant Physiology and Biochemistry > Biochemistry |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2012 10:24 |
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2012 10:24 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-3040.ep11581480 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/5620 |
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