Law of Maximum
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The factors range from 0 for no growth to 1 for maximum growth. Actual growth is calculated by the total multiplication of each growth factor. For example, if three factors had a value of 0.5, the actual growth would be:
- 0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 = 0.125, which is 12.5% of optimum.
If each of the three factors had a value of 0.9 the actual growth would be:
- 0.9 × 0.9 × 0.9 = 0.729, which is 72.9% of optimum.
Hence the need to achieve maximal value for each factor is critical in order to obtain maximal growth.
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Demonstrations of "Law of the Maximum"
The following demonstrates the Law of the Maximum. For the various crops listed below, one, two or three factors were limiting while all the other factors were 1. When two or three factors were simultaneously limiting, predicted growth of the two or three factors was similar to the actual growth when the two or three factors were limits individually and then multiplied together.