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Table 3 Phenotypic traits extracted at different levels and their statistical information

From: Non-destructive estimation of field maize biomass using terrestrial lidar: an evaluation from plot level to individual leaf level

Levels

Number of samples

Phenotypic traits

Statistics

Max

Mean

Min

Plot level

55 plots

Hmax, m

2.894

2.463

1.886

Hmean, m

1.314

0.999

0.642

Height quantiles (H99, H98,…, H80), m

2.463

1.899

1.229

Canopy cover

0.628

0.320

0.132

PLA

6.654

4.571

2.249

Plant area index/PAI

4.174

1.683

0.516

3DPI

1.717

1.715

1.712

Volume, m3

0.201

0.103

0.010

Individual plant level

138 individual plants

Height, m

2.135

1.089

0.266

Crown size, m

1.322

0.887

0.178

CHR

1.562

0.944

0.439

Canopy cover

0.309

0.173

0.076

Projected leaf area/PLA, m2

0.164

0.076

0.005

PAI

2.688

0.961

0.301

3DPI

1.718

1.716

1.710

Volume, 10−4 m3

11.521

4.457

0.286

Leaf group level

138 leaf groups

Leaf height, m

2.135

1.077

0.263

Crown size, m

1.269

0.882

0.179

CHR

1.731

0.943

0.439

Canopy cover

0.308

0.171

0.074

PLA

0.162

0.075

0.005

PAI

2.396

0.878

0.303

3DPI

1.718

1.716

1.710

Volume,10−4 m3

10.409

4.039

0.269

Organ level

138 stems

Stem height, m

1.536

0.563

0.080

Stem diameter, cm

3.174

1.898

0.797

PAI

30.266

10.716

1.901

3DPI

1.717

1.712

1.695

Volume, 10−4 m3

10.049

3.928

0.085

59 individual leaf samples

Leaf length

1.022

0.701

0.320

Leaf width

0.200

0.102

0.039

Leaf area

0.133

0.060

0.012

PLL

0.852

0.463

0.092

PLA

0.063

0.029

0.002

PAI

6.137

1.901

0.290

3DPI

1.714

1.707

1.669

Volume, 10−4 m3

7.900

2.729

0.418