TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
A1  - Goudriaan, J
A1  - Monteith, J L
TI  - A mathematical function for crop growth based on light interception and leaf area expansion
UR  - http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/66/6/695.short
JF  - Annals of Botany
SN  - 0305-7364
PB  - Oxford University Press
N1  - We are grateful to Dr A.K.S. Huda for providing measurements of sorghum biomass and leaf area from an unpublished report, and to Mr W. Gerritsma, Bah Lias Experiment Station, Medan, Indonesia, for providing measurements of oil palm trees
N2  - As an alternative to the Richards Function, a physiologically based mathematical function was developed which assumes that, when light is limiting, CGR is proportional to intercepted radiation and therefore to an exponential function of leaf area. The name 'expolinear' growth equation is proposed. The function is illustrated using sorghum, faba beans and oil palms as examples. Implications for optimum growth strategies are reviewed and caveats are entered
KW  - Crop growth
KW  -  mathematical function
KW  -  light interception
KW  -  leaf area expansion
KW  -  models of growth
KW  -  expolinear equation
Y1  - 1990///
SP  - 695
ID  - icrisat3835
EP  - 701
VL  - 66
IS  - 6
ER  -