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. 2015 Jul 23;66(18):5453–5465. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv355

Table 2.

List of phenotypic variables and equations used

Variables Descriptions Equations Related to References
NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NIRR)/(NIR+R) Cover fraction, vegetation density Rouse et al., 1973
Zarco-Tejada et al., 2005
VARI Visible Atmospherical Resistant Index (G–R)/(G+R) Cover fraction, biomass production Peng and Gitelson, 2011
SRPI Simple Ratio Pigment Index B/R Nitrogen content, ratio carotenoid/chlorophyll total Peñuelas et al., 1994, 1995
Lebourgeois et al., 2012
TsTa Air-surface temperature difference
(Tmin  Ta)  (Ts  Ta)(Tmin  Ta)  (Tmax  Ta)
Transpiration rate
WDI Water Deficit Index Evapotranspiration Moran et al., 1994
Virlet et al., 2014
TCSA Trunk Cross Sectional Area (mm2) TC2/4π Vigour, growth
NbFr Fruit number per tree Fruit biomass production
BmFr Fruit biomass per tree (kg) Fruit biomass production

NIR, near infrared; R, red; B, blue; G, green; T max and T min, maximum and minimum surface temperatures; T s, surface temperature; T a, air temperature; TC, trunk circumference, mm.