Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by SHEEHY, J. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by SHEEHY, J. E.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by SHEEHY, J. E.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Annals of Botany 39: 377-386, 1975
© 1975 Annals of Botany Company

RESEARCH-ARTICLE

Some Optical Properties of Leaves of Eight Temperate Forage Grasses

J. E. SHEEHY

Botany Department, The Grassland Research Institute Hurley, Berkshire, SL6 5LR

Received: 29 April 1974   

Two instruments are described for the measurement of the reflection and transmission of radiation by grass leaves. The first of these was used to measure the spatial distribution of reflected and transmitted light. It was demonstrated that reflection was influenced by the epidermal structure of a leaf, and that the importance of this layer increased with increasing angle of incidence.

The second instrument was used to compare the reflectance and transmittance of leaves of different ages taken from eight temperate grasses. There were significant differences between the grasses in leaf transmittance, and generally the young emerging leaf had a greater transmittance than the fully-expanded leaves. The differences in leaf transmittance could be related to differences in specific leaf weight. There were no significant differences between the species and varieties in leaf reflectance.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.