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Genotype x environment interactions in mixtures of herbage grasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

F. England
Affiliation:
Scottish Plant Breeding Station, Penilandfield, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RF

Summary

The technique of regression on environmental index is used to examine the behaviour of varieties in monoculture and mixture. It is shown that, sometimes, single regressions for each variety do not provide an adequate explanation of the interactions between varieties and environments.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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