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The relationship between total yield, number of tubers and yield of large tubers in potato crops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Lindsay Burstall ,
M. N. Thomas  and
E. J. Allen
Lindsay Burstall
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge
M. N. Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge
E. J. Allen
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Biology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge
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Summary

Experiments were made over 2 years at two sites using three varieties to investigate the relationship between total yield, number of tubers > 1 cm and the yield of tubers in the 60–80 mmsize range. Regressionanalysisrevealed that yield of tubers in the 60–80 mm size range was a linear function of total yield and number of tubers > 1 cm. The effect of changes in tuber shape on this relationship is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 108 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 403 - 406
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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