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Analysis of the Exponential Growth Equation 1
Author(s) -
McKinion James M.,
Hesketh J. D.,
Baker D. N.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1974.0011183x001400040016x
Subject(s) - biology , exponential growth , exponential function , photosynthesis , botany , function (biology) , double exponential function , mathematical analysis , mathematics , evolutionary biology
Solutions for growth equations that estimate dry matter from photosynthetic, respiratory, and photosynthetic area variables were tested by using field data for cotton ( G. hirsutum L. var. ‘Deltapine Smoothleaf’). The equations based on assumptions of exponential leaf area expansion and exponential extraction of light by leaves fitted the data test. A leaf area expansion function that depends upon morphogenetic variables should improve the fit.