Explain three advantages of growth analysis over gas exchange techniques for measuring plant growth

Explain two potential disadvantages of using growth analysis techniques

Be able to calculate the following growth analysis techniques: CGR, LAI, LAR, NAR, and RGR

Understand the meaning of CGR, LAI, LAR, NAR, and RGR values and be able to apply these concepts to describe differences in plant growth

Understand the relationship between CGR, LAI, and NAR.

Understand the relationship between RGR, LAR, and NAR

Understand how CGR, LAI, LAR, RGR, and NAR change with plant development, management, and environmental stress.

Understand the interrelationship between photosynthesis, dark respiration, photorespiration, and these growth analysis concepts.

Understand how growth trajectory, growth velocity, and relative elemental growth rates are obtained and how they can be used to describe growth.