The effect of canopy architecture on the patterning of “windflecks” within a wheat canopy

• Published in: Plant, cell and environment Vol. 44; no. 11; pp. 3524 - 3537
• Main Authors: Burgess, Alexandra J., Durand, Maxime, Gibbs, Jonathon A., Retkute, Renata, Robson, T. Matthew, Murchie, Erik H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.11.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomechanics; Canopies; canopy; computer simulation; environment; Irradiance; Leaf area; Leaves; Light; Light intensity; Luminous intensity; Mechanical properties; Phenotype; photosynthesis; plant height; Plant Leaves - growth & development; Ray tracing; Spectral composition; spectral quality; Spectroradiometers; Triticum - growth & development; Triticum aestivum; Wheat; wheat (Triticum aestivum); Wind; Wind effects; wind‐induced movement; spectral quality; light intensity; photosynthesis; wheat (Triticum aestivum); wind-induced movement

Under field conditions, plants are subject to wind‐induced movement which creates fluctuations of light intensity and spectral quality reaching the leaves, defined here as windflecks. Within this study, irradiance within two contrasting wheat (Triticum aestivum) canopies during full sun conditions w...