APPLICATION OF A LOGISTIC FUNCTION TO DESCRIBE THE GROWTH OF FODDER GALEGA

• Main Author: Katarzyna Rymuza
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE) 2017-01-01
• Series: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Subjects: oriental goat’s rue; logistic function; growth equation; growth rate equation; growth rate
• Online Access: http://www.journalssystem.com/jeeng/Application-of-a-logistic-function-to-describe-the-growth-of-fodder-galega-Galega-orientalis-Lam-,66245,0,2.html

It was attempted in the paper to describe the growth of oriental goat’s rue (Galega orientalis Lam.) growth by means of a logistic function. The studies demonstrated that the function describes empirical data well as the coefficients of determination obtained ranged between 97 to 98%, depending on the growing season. The estimated function parameters indicate that both the plant height and growth rate were conditioned by thermal conditions and moisture during the growing season. Plants had the longest stems in the year 2010 (127.9 cm), and the shortest in 2008 (105.9 cm). The maximum growth rate ranged from 2.12 to 3.97 cm per day in, respectively, 2009 and 2008. Also the inflection point, the point at which plants grew the fastest, depended on the conditions of the growing season.