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Variability of wheat yields in England and Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

B. M. Church
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts
R. B. Austin
Affiliation:
Plant Breeding Institute, Trumpington, Cambridge

Summary

Information is assembled on how much wheat yields vary from place to place, from year to year and between years in England and Wales. Some indication of the practical importance of this variation is given by comparisons with the yield differences caused by individual management decisions as measured in comparative experiments, and with plot-to-plot variation in such experiments.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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