Retrieval of foliar information about plant pigment systems from high resolution spectroscopy

Susan L. Ustin; A. A. Gitelson; Stéphane Jacquemoud; Michael Schaepman; Gregory P. Asner; John A. Gamon; Pablo Zarco-Tejada

doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.10.019

Retrieval of foliar information about plant pigment systems from high resolution spectroscopy

Susan L. Ustin, A. A. Gitelson, Stéphane Jacquemoud, Michael Schaepman, Gregory P. Asner, John A. Gamon, Pablo Zarco-Tejada

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Abstract

Life on Earth depends on photosynthesis. Photosynthetic systems evolved early in Earth history and have been stable for 2.5 billion years, providing prima facie evidence for the significance of pigments in plant functions. Photosynthetic pigments fill multiple roles from increasing the range of energy captured for photosynthesis to protective functions. Given the importance of pigments to leaf functioning, greater effort is needed to determine whether individual pigments can be identified and quantified in vivo using high fidelity spectroscopy. We review recent advances in detecting plant pigments at the leaf level and discuss successes and reasons why challenges remain for robust remote observation and quantification. New methods to identify and quantify individual pigments in the presence of overlapping absorption features would provide a major advance in understanding their biological functions, quantifying net carbon exchange, and identifying plant stresses.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	S67-S77
Journal	Remote Sensing of Environment
Volume	113
Issue number	SUPPL. 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.10.019
State	Published - Sep 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Absorption features
Anthocyanin pigments
Carotenes
Chlorophyll a, b
Plant pigments
Spectral measures of pigments
Spectroscopy
Xanthophyll pigments

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Soil Science
Geology
Computers in Earth Sciences

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