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Energy as the basis of harvest index

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

S. K. Sinha ,
S. C. Bhargava  and
Arun Goel
S. K. Sinha
Affiliation:
Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - 110012, India
S. C. Bhargava
Affiliation:
Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - 110012, India
Arun Goel
Affiliation:
Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - 110012, India
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Harvest index has become a character used in plant breeding programmes and in evaluation of responses to agronomic treatments (Donald & Hamblin, 1976). Donald (1962) defined harvest index as the ratio between weight of grains and the weight of total dry matter, and later described it as a measure of partitioning of photo - synthates (Donald, 1968)

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 99 , Issue 1 , August 1982 , pp. 237 - 238
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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