Download or read book The Quantitative Analysis of Plant Growth written by George Clifford Evans and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organization 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.