Nitrogen (N) is considered as one of the most important plant macronutrients and proper
management of N therefore is a pre-requisite for modern agriculture. Continuous satellite …

Nitrogen (N) is significantly related to crop photosynthetic capacity. Over-and-under-
application of N fertilizers not only limits crop productivity but also leads to negative …

Abstract Models of radiative transfer (RT) are important tools for remote sensing of
vegetation, allowing for forward simulations of remotely sensed data as well as inverse …

Vegetation cover change is one of the key indicators used for monitoring environmental
quality. It can accurately reflect changes in hydrology, climate, and human activities …

Imaging spectroscopy provides the opportunity to monitor nutrient status of vegetation. In
crops, prior studies have generally been limited in scope, either to a small wavelength range …

Leaf mass per area (LMA) and leaf equivalent water thickness (EWT) are key leaf functional
traits providing information for many applications including ecosystem functioning modeling …

The photosynthetic capacity or the CO2-saturated photosynthetic rate (V max), chlorophyll,
and nitrogen are closely linked leaf traits that determine C4 crop photosynthesis and yield …

Plant functional traits have been extensively used to describe, rank and discriminate species
according to their variability between species in classical plant taxonomy. However, the …

Agriculture faces the challenge of providing food, fibre and energy from limited land
resources to satisfy the changing needs of a growing world population. Global megatrends …

Leaf spectroscopy provides an efficient way of predicting foliar functional traits, commonly
using physically-and empirically-based models. However, the generality of both models has …