Canopy Size and Light Use Efficiency Explain Growth Differences between Lettuce and Mizuna in Vertical Farms [PDF]
Plants, 2021 Vertical farming is increasingly popular due to high yields obtained from a small land area. However, the energy cost associated with lighting of vertical farms is high.
Theekshana C. Jayalath +1 more
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Estimating ecosystem maximum light use efficiency based on the water use efficiency principle
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Light use efficiency (LUE) defines the vegetation efficiency of converting radiative energy into biochemical energy through photosynthesis. Estimating the maximum LUE ( ε _max ) is critical yet challenging for quantifying gross primary production (GPP ...
Rong Gan +10 more
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Environmental controls on the light use efficiency of terrestrial gross primary production. [PDF]
Glob Chang Biol, 2023 Gross primary production (GPP) by terrestrial ecosystems is a key quantity in the global carbon cycle. The instantaneous controls of leaf‐level photosynthesis are well established, but there is still no consensus on the mechanisms by which canopy‐level ...
Bloomfield KJ +3 more
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Luminescent quantum dot films improve light use efficiency and crop quality in greenhouse horticulture. [PDF]
Front Chem, 2022 The spectral quality of sunlight reaching plants remains a path for optimization in greenhouse cultivation. Quantum dots represent a novel, emission-tunable luminescent material for optimizing the sunlight spectrum in greenhouses with minimal intensity ...
Hebert D +8 more
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Sunflecks in the upper canopy: dynamics of light-use efficiency in sun and shade leaves of Fagus sylvatica. [PDF]
New Phytol, 2022 Summary Sunflecks are transient patches of direct radiation that provide a substantial proportion of the daily irradiance to leaves in the lower canopy. In this position, faster photosynthetic induction would allow for higher sunfleck‐use efficiency, as ...
Durand M +5 more
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Perspectives on improving light distribution and light use efficiency in crop canopies. [PDF]
Plant Physiology, 2021 Plant stands in nature differ markedly from most seen in modern agriculture. In a dense mixed stand, plants must vie for resources, including light, for greater survival and fitness.
Rebecca A. Slattery, D. Ort
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The genome sequence of Hirschfeldia incana, a new Brassicaceae model to improve photosynthetic light-use efficiency. [PDF]
Plant J, 2022 SUMMARY Photosynthesis is a key process in sustaining plant and human life. Improving the photosynthetic capacity of agricultural crops is an attractive means to increase their yields.
Garassino F +12 more
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Global Spectrum of Vegetation Light‐Use Efficiency
Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 Vegetation light‐use efficiency (LUE) is a critical parameter of vegetation photosynthesis, but its global variations and the drivers remain poorly understood.
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LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY AT DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS IN ROSE PLANTS [PDF]
Acta Horticulturae, 2011 Current knowledge about the spectral dependence of leaf light use efficiency of leaf photosynthesis (LUE; rate of leaf photosynthesis per unit incident light energy) is based on investigations of mostly arable crops. The leaf LUE depends on the optical properties of the leaf (light absorption), on the fraction of light energy absorbed by ...
Paradiso, R. +5 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) for cropland is often estimated using a fixed value for maximum light use efficiency (LUEmax) which is reduced to light use efficiency (LUE) by environmental stress scalars.
Michael J. Wellington +3 more
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