This paper reviews methods for analyzing plant performance and its genetic variability under a range of environmental conditions. Biomass accumulation is linked every day to available light in the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) domain, multiplied by the proportion of light intercepted by plants and by the radiation use efficiency. Total biomass is cumulated over the duration of the c...

Crown structure, absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (APAR) and growth were analyzed in 300 replicated loblolly (Pinus taeda L.) and slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm. var. elliotti) clones to: (1) quantify genetic variation in crown structural traits, growth and APAR at the species, family and clonal levels; and (2) estimate within-family genetic and environmental influences on measu...

Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is a key input parameter for almost all terrestrial ecosystem models, but the spatial resolution of current PAR products is too coarse to satisfy regional application requirements. In this paper, we present an operational system for PAR retrieval from MODIS data that is based on an idea proposed by [Liang, S., Zheng, T., Liu, R., Fang, H., Tsay, S. -C.,...

Accurate estimation of radiation use efficiency (RUE) at variable timed sowing dates will enhance the prediction plant dry matter accumulation. The objectives this study were to (1) determine impact three on productivity, performance, and economic feasibility biomass sorghum hybrids (2) evaluate variability RUE in production under effects dates. Over a two-year experiment, grown monitored diffe...

Different applications dealing with plant physiology, biomass production and natural illumination in greenhouses require knowledge of the photosynthetically active radiation. In absence of measurements of this flux, one must rely on parametric approaches. In this way, the radiant energy is computed using available atmospheric parameters. In the present work, we have developed a comparison among...

C4 plants have a biochemical carbon-concentrating mechanism that increases CO2 concentration around Rubisco in the bundle sheath. Under low light, the activity of the carbon-concentrating mechanism generally decreases, associated with an increase in leakiness (ϕ), the ratio of CO2 retrodiffusing from the bundle sheath relative to C4 carboxylation. This increase in ϕ had been theoretically assoc...

Identifying the mechanisms that result in a “high impact” invasive species can be difficult. Coexistence theory suggests detrimental better predicted by incorporating both niche differences and fitness than examining overlap alone. Specifically, should take up shared limited resources more efficiently their neighbouring resident species. While there is clear evidence Phragmites australis succes...