The quantitative analysis of plant growth

Part I, Introduction. Introduction ; Organization and growth ; Growth and environment ; Problems of mensuration

Part II, Experimental techniques. The experimental material ; The 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

Part III, Analysis of data. History and development of the main analytical concepts ; First analysis of harvest data ; Relative growth 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 ; Unit leaf rate-other approaches ; Stem and root weight ratios-plant architecture ; Relative leaf growth rate ; Reproductive structures ; Dry weight/fresh weight ratios: water content

Part IV, Problems posed by the growing plant. Introduction: problems of the living plant as a whole ; Some problems of morphology: growth and form ; Some problems of anatomy: growth and structure ; Some problems of physiology: the processes of growth ; Growth studies and some problems of the physiology of gaseous exchange ; Some problems of external relations: growth and environment ; Some problems of plant growth and the ecosystem: productivity ; Future developments

Appendices. The Thoday respirometer ; An expanded version of table 16.12 ; Taxonomic notes ; Notation