A modern tool for classical plant growth analysis

Annals of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 485-488

  Hunt, R ^a   Causton, D R ^b   Shipley, B ^c   Askew, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Leaf area ratio; Leaf weight fraction; Net assimilation rate; Relative growth rate; Specific leaf area; Unit leaf rate

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; PLANT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTERNET; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; INTERNET; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0036802339     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf214     Document Type: Article

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