A new method predicts leaf optical properties from traits, improving canopy light modeling and photosynthesis estimates in ...

A team has developed a model that treats photosynthesis as a dynamic process rather than an activity that either is or is not happening. This allowed the group to examine the impacts of the many ...

A research team has developed a new way to measure and predict how plant leaves scatter and reflect light, revealing that ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Komorebi is a Japanese word that describes how light filters through leaves--creating shifting, dappled "sunflecks" that illustrate plants' ever-changing light environment. Crops ...

By combining a custom-built optical instrument with physics-based modeling and machine learning, the study shows that leaf-level optical properties ...