Plant Canopy Image Platform

Plant canopy is closely related to plant growth. A dense plant canopy can reduce photosynthetic efficiency and affect crop growth, yield, and quality. Therefore, the analysis of plant canopy is of great significance. The Plant Canopy Image Platform is designed to image and analyze data from plant canopy analyzers. Lifeasible's Plant Canopy Image Platform provides customers in academia and industry with robust technical and scientific support for structural and functional analyses of various biological topics.

About the Plant Canopy Analyzer

The Plant Canopy Analyzer uses the principle that canopy porosity correlates with canopy structure. Based on Beer's law, which states that light is attenuated by passing through a medium, a half-theoretical, half-empirical formula is used to calculate canopy structural parameters from measurements of canopy porosity while defining a set of assumptions. This principle is the one consistently used by various canopy instruments. Under this principle, the Plant Canopy Analysis System measures canopy porosity by analyzing the image of the hemisphere of the sky dome under the canopy, which is the most accurate, labor-saving, time-saving, fast, and convenient method among various methods.

Scope of Application

• The plant canopy imaging platform can be used to measure and analyze the light condition of the canopy within crops, fruit trees, and forests.
• It can be used to compare the structure of different plant groups.
• It can be used for dynamic monitoring of the growth process of crop groups in agricultural fields. It is suitable for studying dynamic monitoring of plant groups in the ecological field.
• It is also suitable for research on cultivation, breeding, plant population comparison, and development in agriculture, horticulture, and forestry.

Measurable Indicators for Plant Canopy Image Analysis

• Leaf area index
• Average inclination angle of leaf blade
• Transmission rate of scattered light from the sky
• Direct radiation transmittance of plant canopy at different solar altitude angles
• Canopy extinction coefficient at different solar altitude angles
• Azimuthal distribution of leaf area density

Plant Canopy Imaging Services

• Data Analysis

Plant Canopy Imaging Platform services usually provide data analysis and processing functions. By processing and analyzing the imaging data, information about plant growth status, health condition, photosynthesis efficiency, etc., can be extracted. These data can be used for research and decision support in agriculture, forestry, ecology, and other fields.

• Monitoring and Evaluation

The Plant Canopy Imaging Platform services can be used to monitor and assess the growth and changes of plant communities. Through regular imaging and data analysis, the growth rate of plants, changes in leaf area, changes in vegetation cover can be tracked to assess plant health, suitability of the growing environment, etc.

• Precision Agriculture

Plant Canopy Imaging Platform services can play an important role in precision agriculture. Through imaging and data analysis, it can provide farmers with real-time monitoring and assessment of plant growth status and help them carry out precise fertilization, irrigation, and pest control. This helps to improve crop yield and quality and reduce resource waste and environmental pollution.

The plant canopy imaging platform provided by Lifeasible can acquire many plant canopy images and related data. These data can be processed and analyzed efficiently, and by applying techniques such as data mining and machine learning, plant community characteristics and changing patterns can be understood in depth. If you are interested in our platform, please do not hesitate to contact us anytime.