Characterization of whole plant leaf area properties using laser scanner point clouds

Author

Gaetan, L. ; Serge, C. ; Annie, E. ; Didier, C. ; Frederic, B.

Author_Institution

P3F, INRA, Lusignan, France

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 31 2012-Nov. 3 2012

Firstpage

250

Lastpage

253

Abstract

Whole plant leaf area properties were extracted from contrasting laser scanner point clouds of herbaceous plants and compared to information obtained by 3D magnetic digitization. Total leaf area and its spatial distribution were strongly related to the total number of scanned points and its spatial distribution. The calculations of normal directions allowed, to some extent, to infer the distribution of plant surfaces elevation angles. Together with the definition of an accurate plant boundary envelope, these data allowed the calculation of light interception as accurately as magnetic digitization by using simpler turbid medium plant representations.

Keywords

biology computing; botany; image reconstruction; measurement by laser beam; optical scanners; solid modelling; turbidity; 3D magnetic digitization; herbaceous plants; laser scanner point clouds; light interception calculation; normal direction calculations; plant boundary envelope; plant surfaces elevation angle distribution; spatial distribution; total leaf area; turbid medium plant representations; whole plant leaf area properties; 3D envelope-based reconstructions; LAD; Phenotyping; laser scanner; leaf angles; leaf area;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications (PMA), 2012 IEEE Fourth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0067-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PMA.2012.6524842

Filename

6524842