Penetration of UV-A, UV-B, blue and red light into leaf tissues of pecan measured by a fiber optic microprobe system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5156, Issue , 2003, Pages 281-290

  Qi, Yadong ^a   Bai, Shuju ^a   Vogelmann, Thomas C ^b   Heisler, Gordon M ^c  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue light; Carya illinoensis; Epidermal attenuation; Fiber optic microprobe; Leaf thickness; Light penetration; Pecan; Red light; SEM; UV A; UV B

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT; FIBER OPTIC MICROPROBE; LEAF THICKNESS; LIGHT PENETRATION; PECAN; RED LIGHT;

ATTENUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIBER OPTICS; HEALTH RISKS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 2342451982     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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