Relationships between leaf chlorophyll content and spectral reflectance and algorithms for non-destructive chlorophyll assessment in higher plant leaves

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-282

  Gitelson, Anatoly A ^a,b   Gritz, Yuri ^b   Merzlyak, Mark N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chlorophylls; Leaf optics; Non destructive assessment; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPOSITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLECTOMETERS;

PLANT LEAVES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACER; EMBRYOPHYTA; FAGUS;

EID: 0037356853     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-00887     Document Type: Article

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