Does diffuse light benefit photosynthesis in canopies?

Testing how scattered diffuse sunlight affects the growth and photosynthesis of crops, at the National Plant Phenotyping System.  Santa Neimane explains below how plants might grow under future cloudy climates.

The link is also available here: https://youtu.be/wfFWmHSh6FY

We recently published an opinion piece in Agricultural & Forest Meteorology assessing research into the effects of diffuse radiation on photosynthesis at the canopy levels in the context of future climate changes and solar radiation manipulation.

Durand M, Murchie E, Lindfors A, Urban O, Aphalo PJ, Robson TM (2021) Diffuse solar radiation and canopy photosynthesis in a changing environment. Ag. For Met. 311 108684 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108684

Open access to the review here: https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0168-1923(21)00370-1

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