“…In non-destructive methods, LAI determination can be performed by optical instruments, which allows to evaluate the same plant throughout the growing season, and also by satellite images to larger Rev. Ceres, Viçosa, v. 66, n.3, p. 191-199, mai/jun, 2019 areas (Jin et al, 2017, Hirooka et al, 2018. For some species, such as forest, the instrument-determined LAI is smaller than actual LAI measured directly in the plant (Stenberg et al, 1994;White et al, 2000).…”