Plant Tissue Optics

Dear Colleagues,

Plant tissue optical properties are an important determinant of light energy harvest and of the interactions between plants and their environment.

This Special Issue focuses on the optical properties of plant organs/tissues, mainly leaves, related to photosynthesis and photoprotection, as well as properties probed by chlorophyll fluorescence or other suitable techniques. These include plant anatomy features viewed under the aforementioned perspective, photosynthesis studies, the use of optical or other probes to describe the organ internal light microenvironent and light propagation phenomena, modeling of the plant-light interaction and optical, spectral and photosynthetic parameters examined under an ecophysiological perspective.

Studies in applications of optical and spectral properties in remote sensing are considered as out of scope but studies of optical properties that are used as a theoretical basis of remote sensing applications are welcome. 

Dr. Lea Hallik
Prof. Dr. Georgios Liakopoulos
Prof. George Karabourniotis
Guest Editors

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