The proposed project will generate methods that are relevant to soybean breeders, agronomists, and physiologists:
• Techniques will be developed for rapid and accurate in-field determination of canopy closure and relations to light interception and soybean growth.
• Non-destructive means of estimating soybean yield potential over large populations for breeding selection via crop reflectance measurements will be developed. This has the potential to also be used by public and private crop professionals to assist growers.