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creators_name: Goudriaan, J
creators_name: Monteith, J L
icrisatcreators_name: Monteith, J L
affiliation: Agricultural University(Wageningen)
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: Netherlands
country: India
title: A mathematical function for crop growth based on light interception and leaf area expansion
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.4
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Crop growth, mathematical function, light interception, leaf area expansion, models of growth, expolinear equation
note: We are grateful to Dr A.K.S. Huda for providing measurements of sorghum biomass and leaf area from an unpublished report, and to Mr W. Gerritsma, Bah Lias Experiment Station, Medan, Indonesia, for providing measurements of oil palm trees
abstract: 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
date: 1990
date_type: published
publication: Annals of Botany
volume: 66
number: 6
publisher: Oxford University Press
pagerange: 695-701
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0305-7364
official_url: http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/66/6/695.short
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citation:   Goudriaan, J and Monteith, J L  (1990) A mathematical function for crop growth based on light interception and leaf area expansion.  Annals of Botany, 66 (6).  pp. 695-701.  ISSN 0305-7364     
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