Leaf area distribution measurements in solitary growing old olive trees

Irrespectively of long-term growing of olive trees in Mediterranean countries, little isknown about leaf distribution in old solitary growing trees in the orchards. Leaf areadistribution was estimated using a combination of two approaches: a simple compositegeometrical canopy-layer model and ground-based side images evaluated by the image analysissoftware. This distribution was evaluated separately in a vertical direction, which isparticularly important for physiological studies andin a radial direction, which is important forinterpretation of remotely sensing images