Dynamics of photosynthetic photon flux density and light extinction coefficient to assess radiant energy interactions for maize canopy

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1663-1673

  Irmak, Suat ^a   Mutiibwa, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Beer's law; Bouguer Lambert law; Light extinction coefficient; Maize; Net radiation; Photosynthetic photon flux density; Shortwave radiation

Indexed keywords

BEER'S LAW; BOUGUER-LAMBERT LAW; LIGHT EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; MAIZE; NET RADIATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BEVERAGES; FORESTRY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAIZE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 54949148177     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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