Image-Based Measurement of Leaf Area Index and Radiation Interception for Modelling of Oil Palm

• Main Author: Awal, Md. Abdul
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Oil palm - Foliar diagnosis - Case studies
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6089/1/FK_2005_68.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6089/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Leaf area index (LAI) is an important parameter for precise characterization of the plant canopy structure. M I describes a fundamental property of the plant canopy that has often been used as a critical variable to simulate the growth and yield models. The present conventional method used in de...