Plant growth analysis: An evaluation of experimental design and computational methods

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 302, 1996, Pages 1343-1351

  Poorter, Hendrik ^a   Garnier, Eric ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

computational methods; experimental design; net assimilation rate; Plant growth analysis; relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030454387     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.9.1343     Document Type: Article

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