A stereo imaging system for measuring structural parameters of plant canopies

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1299-1308

  Biskup, Bernhard ^a   Scharr, Hanno ^a   Schurr, Ulrich ^a   Rascher, Uwe ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Canopy; Leaf movement; Screening; Stereo imaging; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DROUGHT STRESS; RECONSTRUCTION; SOYBEAN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEREO IMAGE;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISASTER; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOYBEAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT LEAVES; SOYBEANS; TIME FACTORS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 34548168355     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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