ArticleScientific reports2023
Light scattering in stacked mesophyll cells results in similarity characteristic of solar spectral reflectance and transmittance of natural leaves.
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Abstract
Solar spectral reflectance and transmittance of natural leaves exhibit dramatic similarity. To elucidate the formation mechanism and physiological significance, a radiative transfer model was constructed, and the effects of stacked mesophyll cells, chlorophyll content and leaf thickness on the visible light absorptance of the natural leaves were analyzed. Results indicated that light scattering caused by the stacked mesophyll cells is responsible for the similarity. The optical path of visible light in the natural leaves is increased with the scattering process, resulting in that the visible light transmittance is significantly reduced meanwhile the visible light reflectance is at a low level, thus the visible light absorptance tends to a maximum and the absorption of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) by the natural leaves is significantly enhanced. Interestingly, as two key leaf functional traits affecting the absorption process of PAR, chlorophyll content and leaf thickness of the natural leaves in a certain environment show a convergent behavior, resulting in the high visible light absorptance of the natural leaves, which demonstrates the PAR utilizing strategies of the natural leaves. This work provides a new perspective for revealing the evolutionary processes and ecological strategies of natural leaves, and can be adopted to guide the improvement directions of crop photosynthesis.
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