Canopy photosynthesis : from basics to applications /: from basics to applications. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kouki Hikosaka, Ülo Niinemets and Niels P.R. Anten.
• Editors: Hikosaka, Kouki; Niinemets, Ulo; Anten, Niels P. R
• Contents: From the Series Editors; Series Editors; Contents; Preface; The Editors; Contributors; Author Index; Part I: Physical Processes in Leaf Canopies; Chapter 1: Light Distribution; I. Incoming Radiation; A. Its Total Value; B. Spectral Energy Distribution; C. Directional Distribution; Box 1.1: Solar Coordinates; D. Radiance and Irradiance; II. Modelling Radiation in Leaf Canopies; A. Black Horizontal Leaves; B. Non-horizontal Leaves; C. Leaf Angle Distribution; D. Leaf Scattering and Canopy Reflection; 1. The Reflection Coefficient of a Leaf Canopy with a Large Leaf Area Index. 2. Extinction of Radiation Within the Leaf CanopyIII. Absorption of Radiation in Row Crops; A. Directional Distribution of Incoming Radiation; B. Row Crops; 1. Infinite LAI, Black Leaves; 2. Non-infinite LAI, Black Leaves; 3. Loss of Radiation due to Plant Arrangement in Rows; IV. Direct and Diffuse Light in Photosynthesis Modeling; Box 1.2: Example of Calculation of Photosynthesis When There Is only Diffuse Radiation; Box 1.3: Example of Calculation of Canopy Photosynthesis When There Is also Direct Radiation; V. Conclusions and Prospects; References. Chapter 2: Leaf Energy Balance: Basics, and Modeling from Leaves to CanopiesI. Introduction: Why Leaf Energy Balance is Important to Model; Box 2.1 Inferring Water Stress and Water Use from Leaf Temperature; II. Calculations of Leaf Energy Balance: Basic Processes in the Steady State; A. Energy Balance Equation in the Steady State; 1. Chief Components of Leaf Energy Balance; 2. Role of Energy Flows in Transient Heating, Photosynthesis, and Respiration; B. Defining the Individual Terms of the Energy Balance Equation; 1. Shortwave Energy Input; 2. Thermal Infrared Input. 3. Thermal Infra-Red Losses4. Latent Heat Loss; 5. Convective Heat Exchange; 6. Solving the Leaf Energy Balance Equation; Box 2.2 Iterative Solution of the Leaf Energy Balance Equation; C. Leaves in Artificial Environments: Growth Chambers, Greenhouses, and Warming Experiments; D. Detection of Leaf Temperature and of Energy-Balance Components; E. Meeting the Challenges of Measurement and Theory; III. Physiological Feedbacks Affecting Leaf Energy Balance; A. Dependence of Stomatal Conductance on Environmental Drivers; B. Biochemical Limitations of Photosynthesis. C. Solving a Combined Stomata-Photosynthesis ModelD. Advanced Problems; IV. Transients in Energy Balance and in Processes Dependent on Temperature; A. Independence of Different Leaf Regions; B. Dynamics in Leaf Temperature After Changes in Energy Balance Components; 1. Time-Dependent Changes in Temperature After Modifications in Radiation Input; 2. Changes in Temperature After Modifications in Convective Heat Exchange; 3. Importance of Temperature Transients for Photosynthesis; V. Leaves in Canopies; A. General Principles.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 428 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 572/.46; Photosynthesis; Plant canopies; Photosynthesis; Plant canopies; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry; Life Sciences; Plant Physiology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401772914; 9401772916
• Related ISBNs: 9401772908; 9789401772907
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 30, 2015).
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