Evaluation of a photon tracing model and virtual plants to simulate light distribution within a canopy in a growth chamber

  • Julien Le Gall
  • Hervé Autret
  • Didier Combes
  • Christophe Renaud
  • Jessica Berthloot
  • Nathalie Leduc
  • Bruno Andrieu
  • Vincent Guérin
  • Michael Chelle
  • Sabine Demotes-Mainard
Keywords: photon tracing model, growth chamber, light phylloclimate, plant architecture

Abstract

Radiance distribution in a growth chamber is anisotropic. Our objective is to evaluate the accuracy of light simulations in a rose canopy grown in a growth chamber using virtual plants and a photon tracing model dedicated to growth chambers. The question of the scale at which the system reproduces the observed variability is specifically addressed.
Published
2013-06-04
Section
4A Structural development of plants and light environment