01614naa a2200229 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000220006024502150008226000090029752008260030665000190113265000180115165000150116965300270118465300200121165300220123165300150125365300210126870000180128977300770130717849801995-07-26 1974 bl --- 0-- u #d1 aHESLEHURST, M. R. aStudies on the productivity of tropical pasture plants. IV.Separation of photosynthetic and respiratory components of net assimilation rate by growth analysis and gas exchange techniques under natural lighting. c1974 aThe growth analysis technique for the separation of photosynthetic and respiration components of net assimailation rate used in previous controlled environment studies of early vegetative growth was extended to natural lighting conditions. The use of short-wave radiation rather than days in the light as the quantification of photosynthetic opportunity in the regression analysis improved the accuracy of estimation of photosynthesis and respiration. In one experiment, concurrently with the growth analysis procedure, carbon dioxide exchange measurements were made on one grass and one legume. There was good agreement between the two methods in the estimates obtained. The data support conclusions from previous experiments concening the superior growth rate of grass. Species were similar in poth sets of experiments. aphotosynthesis aFotossíntese aProdução aAnalise de crescimento aGrowth analysis aPastagem tropical aProduction aTropical pasture1 aWILSON, G. L. tAustralian Journal of Agricultural Researchgv.25, n.3, p.415-424, 1974.