1 Introduction. - Growth. - Plant growth. - Plant growth analysis. - Classical' and functional' approaches. - Harvesting technique. - Units. - Notation. - Computing mathematics statistics. - Concepts and levels. - 2 Absolute growth rates. - Absolute growth rate in size (AGR). - Absolute grówth rate in number. - Absolute growth rate in populations. - Concluding remarks. - 3 Relative growth rates. - Relative growth rate (RGR). - Other relative growth rates. - Intrinsic rate of population increase. - Relative growth rates in biotechnology. - Concluding remarks. - 4 Simple ratios. - Leaf area ratio (LAR). - Specific leaf area (SLA). - Leaf weight ratio (LWR). - Leaf area index (LAI). - Efficiency of energy conversion digestible energy. - Harvestable dry matter (harvest index). - Harvestable protein. - Root-shoot allometric coefficient. - Other allometric coefficients. - Concluding remarks. - 5 Compounded growth rates. - Unit leaf rate (ULR). - Other leaf efficiencies. - Crop growth rate (CGR). - Specific absorption rate (SAR). - Specific utilization rate (SUR). - Sub-cellular efficiencies. - Unit production rate (UPR). - Component production rate (CPR). - Concluding remarks. - 6 Integral durations. - Leaf area duration (LAD). - Biomass duration (BMD). - Concluding remarks. - 7 Other independent variables. - 8 Interrelations. - In general. - Between ratios. - Between rates. - Within individual plants. - Within populations and communities. - An integrated scheme. - Concluding remarks. - 9 Questions and answers. - Tables of synopses. - References. Language: English