canopy leaf area index for apple tree.pdf

C p C a N b c a A R R 2 A K A A C G H L 1 a t o w a c m t e R i m b 0 hScientia Horticulturae 164 (2013) 610–615 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Scientia Horticulturae journa l h om epa ge: www.elsev ier .com/ locate /sc ihor t i anopy leaf area index for apple tree using hemispherical hotography in arid region hunwei Liua,b, Shaozhong Kangb,?, Fusheng Li c, Sien Lib, Taisheng Dub Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology, College of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, anjing 210044, China Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530005, China r t i c l e i n f o rticle history: eceived 16 July 2013 eceived in revised form 8 September 2013 ccepted 4 October 2013 eywords: nalysis software pple orchard anopy structure ap fraction emispherical image a b s t r a c t The hemispherical images of apple orchard were collected using fisheye lens in 2010 and then respec- tively analyzed by the methods of Bonhom, 2000, 2000G, sphere, ellipse, LAI 2000-3 rings, LAI 2000-4 rings and Miller to obtain leaf area index (LAI), plant area index (PAI), gap fraction, leaf inclination angle and clumping index in an arid region of northwest China. Results show that during DOY (day of year) 202–237 (at flourish stage), the estimated LAI by logarithmic ellipse method and PAI by LAI 2000-4 rings method were 1.96 and 1.95 m2 m?2, respectively, which were close to the direct LAI (1.85 m2 m?2). How- ever, the direct LAI was higher than the estimated LAI from ellipse method of Hemiview (1.59 m2 m?2) and lower than the estimated PAI from gap fraction analysis method of Photoshop (2.67 m2 m?2). Thus the methods of logarithmic ellipse and the LAI 2000-4 r