Visual rating and the use of image analysis for assessing canopy density in a pecan provenance collection during leaf fall  

作　　者：Cristina Pisani Clive H.Bock Jennifer Randall 

机构地区：[1]United States Department of Agriculture−Agricultural Research Service,(USDA-ARS)Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station(SEFTNRS),Byron,GA 31008,USA [2]Department of Entomology,Plant Pathology and Weed Science,New Mexico State University,Las Cruces,NM 88003,USA

出　　处：《Journal of Forestry Research》2023年第6期1843-1854,共12页林业研究（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the USDA-ARS through CRIS project 6606-21220-014–00D;the National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Specialty Crops Research Initiative grant 2016-51181-25408“Coordinated development of genetic tools for pecan”。

摘　　要：A collection representing the native range of pecan was planted at the US DA-ARS Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station,Byron,GA.The collection(867 trees)is a valuable genetic resource for characterizing important horticultural traits.Canopy density during leaf fall is important as the seasonal canopy dynamics provides insights to environmental cues and breeding potential of germplasm.The ability of visual raters to estimate canopy density on a subset of the provenance collection(76 trees)as an indicator of leaf shed during autumn along with image analysis values was explored.Mean canopy density using the image analysis software was less compared to visual estimates(11.9%vs 18.4%,respectively).At higher canopy densities,the raters overestimated foliage density,but overall agreement between raters and measured values was good(ρc=0.849 to 0.915),and inter-rater reliability was high(R^(2)=0.910 to 0.953).The provenance from Missouri(MOL),the northernmost provenance,had the lowest canopy density in November,and results show that the higher the latitude of the provenance,the lower the canopy density.Based on regression,the source provenance latitude explained 0.609 of the variation using image analysis,and0.551 to 0.640 when based on the rater estimates of canopy density.Visual assessment of pecan canopy density due to late season leaf fall for comparing pecan genotypes provides accurate and reliable estimates and could be used in future studies of the whole provenance collection.

关 键 词：Carya illinoinensis Accuracy Reliability CANOPY Foliage density Leaf area density Leaf area index 

分 类 号：S664.1[农业科学—果树学]