Japan Agricultural News-Use leaf area index for facility cucumber in Aichi, Nishimikawa, aiming for yield prediction

JA Nishimikawa Cucumber Subcommittee, Aichi Prefecture, which cultivates facility cucumbers, has installed a LAI measurement sensor in the field where all 40 members measure the leaf area index. It is rare in Japan introduced by facility cucumber producers. Aiming to use it as a guide for water and to predict yield in the future. LAI measurement sensor A device that installs illuminance sensors above and below the plant community and collects vertically scattered light. The principle that the vertical scattered light amount ratio changes depending on the state of leaf growth. Automatically and continuously measures the leaf area index. The cucumber leaf area index can be measured based on the research results of Tomato, Shizuoka Prefectural Forest Technology Research Institute. Sensor IT studio developed in December last year Z, JA Aichi Keizai Ren, and JA staff patrolled the field to install the equipment. This device was put into practical use through the Ministry of Fisheries ...