The Geometric Series Hypothesis of Leaf Area Distribution and Its Link to the Calculation of the Total Leaf Area per Shoot of

Yong Meng, David A Ratkowsky, Weihao Yao, Yi Heng, Peijian Shi

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Non-destructive prediction of shoot-level leaf area and biomass inFrontiers in plant science · 2025
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5 authors.

Yong MengHunan Academy of Forestry, #658 Shaoshan South Road, Changsha 410004, China.

David A RatkowskyTasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 98, Hobart 7001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7514-3570

Weihao YaoCo-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Bamboo Research Institute, Nanjing Forestry University, #159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3872-0989

Yi HengCo-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Bamboo Research Institute, Nanjing Forestry University, #159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China.

Peijian ShiCo-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Bamboo Research Institute, Nanjing Forestry University, #159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4696-0130

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Abstract

Total leaf area per shoot (

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allometric relationshipcommon ratioMontgomery equationproportional relationshiproot-mean-square errorSasaella kongosanensis ‘Aureostriatus’

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PMID39795333

DOI10.3390/plants14010073

PMCPMC11723061

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