The Quantitative Analysis of Plant GrowthOrganization and growth. Growth and environment. Problems of mensuration. Experimental techniques. Preliminary phase. Principles of experimental design. Selection of experimental plants. Measurement and control of the aerial environment. Measurement and control of the root environment. Harvest. Measurement of respiration. Analysis of data. History and development of the mam analytical concepts. First analysis of harvest data. Relative groeth rate. The computation of unit leaf rate. A first look at the effects of specific environmental changes. Leaf weight ratio - productive investment. Specific leaf area. Problems posed by the growing plant. |
Contents
GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENT | 3 |
THE PRELIMINARY PHASE | 6 |
MEASUREMENT OF RESPIRATION | 12 |
THE COMPUTATIon of UniT LEAF RATE | 16 |
UNIT LEAF RATEOTHER APPROACHES | 20 |
PROBLEMS of The Living PLANT | 25 |
GROWTH STUDIES AND SOME PROBLEMS OF | 29 |
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS | 32 |
RELATIVE GROWTH RATE | 295 |
SPECIFIC LEAF AREA | 332 |
RELATIVE LEAF GROWTH RATE | 358 |
REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES | 366 |
WATER CONTENT | 388 |
SOME PROBLEMS OF PLANT GROWTH AND | 540 |
THE EXPERIMENTAL MATERIAL | 595 |
THE THODAY RESPIROMETER | 622 |
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAIN | 189 |
FIRST ANALYSIS OF HARVEST DATA | 237 |
HARVEST | 271 |
TAXONOMIC NOTES | 631 |
Common terms and phrases
aerial environment annual plant carbon dioxide cell cell walls cent changes chloroplasts compared complex concentration consider constant dm² g¯¹ dry matter effects environmental estimate example experimental experiments factors flower fresh weight germination glasshouse grown harvest Helianthus annuus Helianthus debilis higher plant Impatiens parviflora increase investigation involved leaf area index leaf area ratio leaf dry weight leaf weight ratio leaves linear maize Mean total measurements method mineral mineral uptake natural conditions natural environment nutrients observations ontogenetic drift organs particular period phase photosynthetic plant dry weight plants growing Poppelsdorf population possible pots problems produced quantitative range relation relationship relative growth rate respiration rate root system samples seed seedlings soil species specific leaf area stem structure studies Table temperature tion total daily light total dry weight total plant dry trees unit leaf area unit leaf rate variability vermiculite visible radiation week whole plant