Optimal crop canopy architecture to maximise canopy photosynthetic CO 2 uptake under elevated CO2-A theoretical study using a mechanistic model of canopy photosynthesis

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-124

  Song, Qingfeng ^a,b   Zhang, Guilian ^a,b   Zhu, Xin Guang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HUNAN HYBRID RICE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

2 esub; canopy architecture; elevated CO bsub; photosynthesis; ray tracing; shaded model.; sunlit2013

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAY TRACING; RICE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84873926019     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP12056     Document Type: Article

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