Among Gompertz, logistic and Richards functions, the Richards function with four parameters worked best for leaf area data of maize and soybean.

Claim · model-written summary

Among Gompertz, logistic and Richards functions, the Richards function with four parameters worked best for leaf area data of maize and soybean.

Taxon

maize (Zea mays L.)Zea mayse0

Outcome

worked beste0

Comparator

Gompertz, logistice0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingDirectionValueQualifier

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim

e0

“Leaf area emergence data for individual maize (Zea mays L.) leaves and expansion data for soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] leaves were fitted with Gompertz, logistic and Richards functions. The latter function, with the most parameters (four), worked best”