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Title: Methods for estimating photosynthetic characteristics in plant canopies and systems and apparatus related thereto

Abstract

Methods of determining and characterizing photosynthesis in plant parts of one or more plants includes capturing a plurality of images of the plant parts of the one or more plants with a sensor are provided. Fluorescence of the plant parts of the one or more plants can be measured by storing a sensor image of observed fluorescence. Light absorbed by the plant parts of the one or more plants can be estimated by observing red and/or infrared reflectance of the plant parts. A characteristic of photosynthesis such as linear electron flow in plant parts of the one or more plants can be derived using the measured fluorescence of the plant parts, the reflectance and the light absorbed by the plant parts, and/or the three-dimensional model comprising the plant parts of the one or more plants. Related apparatus and systems are also provided.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Michigan State Univ., East Michigan, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1600272
Patent Number(s):
10473592
Application Number:
15/569,570
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A01 - AGRICULTURE A01G - HORTICULTURE
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0000202
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 04/29/2016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Kramer, David, Chen, Jin, Ostendorf, Elisabeth, Xu, Lei, Cruz, Jeffrey, and Brodersen, Jeremy J. Methods for estimating photosynthetic characteristics in plant canopies and systems and apparatus related thereto. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Kramer, David, Chen, Jin, Ostendorf, Elisabeth, Xu, Lei, Cruz, Jeffrey, & Brodersen, Jeremy J. Methods for estimating photosynthetic characteristics in plant canopies and systems and apparatus related thereto. United States.
Kramer, David, Chen, Jin, Ostendorf, Elisabeth, Xu, Lei, Cruz, Jeffrey, and Brodersen, Jeremy J. Tue . "Methods for estimating photosynthetic characteristics in plant canopies and systems and apparatus related thereto". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1600272.
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abstractNote = {Methods of determining and characterizing photosynthesis in plant parts of one or more plants includes capturing a plurality of images of the plant parts of the one or more plants with a sensor are provided. Fluorescence of the plant parts of the one or more plants can be measured by storing a sensor image of observed fluorescence. Light absorbed by the plant parts of the one or more plants can be estimated by observing red and/or infrared reflectance of the plant parts. A characteristic of photosynthesis such as linear electron flow in plant parts of the one or more plants can be derived using the measured fluorescence of the plant parts, the reflectance and the light absorbed by the plant parts, and/or the three-dimensional model comprising the plant parts of the one or more plants. Related apparatus and systems are also provided.},
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